Flower Box and Hanging Baskets: Make Your Gardening So Easy

Do you remember how fun it was to play in the dirt? Well roll up your sleeves its time to play on the dirt again. Adding an extra room to your home may not be easy but turning your outdoor living area into a place of beauty is easy as a container. Container gardening is one of the easiest way to garden. It offers flexibility and makes good use of limited space. Use containers where ever you have a little bit of sun, even if it is in a patio or in the front steps of the city condo or apartment. Here are the great ways to make use of your outdoor living area.

The first two things that you need are the container and the plant. There are lot of containers that you can choose from that ranges from planters to hanging baskets and choose the right plant for a specific container. For flower box containers, the basic rule of thumb is to choose 3 different plants. Pick one that you like and find two plants that match with each other. Moreover there are three basic types of plants that you need to plant in your Flower Box, the thriller like the eye catching Impatiens in Accent pink, the filler that fills out primarily the entire flower bed like Impatiens in Pink Swirl and the spiller that spills all over the side of the planter like Dichondra Silver Falls. Combining these three plants will give you a spectacular view on your windows and patio.

For Hanging Baskets, put it on a place where sunlight is present and a place where it is easy to water. Make sure that you secure it well, as when they watered they get heavy. Wire is the most popular hanging basket material, it might be cheap but plants will grow over it in time. If you lined it with moss, this will help maintain the moisture. You can grow herbs, tomatoes, ivy and other plants that grow in this container. Putting water retaining gel and slow release fertilizer will give your hanging basket a great start.

Glass Globe Terrariums are the revolutionary type of hanging basket. These modern looking glass globe bubble style hanging terrariums is both Eco-Symbolic and Eco-Friendly. These hanging bubble glass terrariums look amazing in a residential or commercial setting. Succulent plant are the best type to plant inside the terrarium. They need little water like once a month and use warm water because terrariums don't like cold water.

Containers are great way to get an instinct way of garden where ever you live. Do not forget that vegetables and herbs can grow in them too.