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Container success

May 26, 2006 by Andrea Bellamy 3 Comments

I’m so excited. I just can’t hide it. I’m about to lose control and I think I like it.

Yes, I’ve finally found some decent pots for the front patio. At a Home Hardware, of all places (I don’t know what they’re like elsewhere, but my local Home Hardware is a dinky little store that closes at like 4:00 and never has what you need – hence my surprise).

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They’re sleek and smooth and stylish. They’re bold, but match the look and feel of the building. They were cheap. And they don’t weigh 900lbs. Sold!

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This is the inner courtyard of our townhouse complex. I think it has kind of a Whistler feel to it.

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Here’s our front patio, adjacent to the courtyard. I haven’t done much with it, really, just added a few plants among the landscaper’s yew hedges, oak tree and euphorbia (not shown). You can see a bit of one of the pots. There’s a matching one on the other side of the kitchen (closed) door.

Now to plant them up. I was thinking of grasses, to add some height. Naturally, I turned to Bluestem Nursery, known locally as the source for ornamental grasses. Bluestem is located in Christina Lake, BC’s warmest lake, which is in the southern Interior of British Columbia, right on the border with Washington State north of Spokane. They’ve got a great article and list of grasses for containers, all of which sound lovely.

But I’d love your suggestions. What would look great in these pots? (Part-shade, zone 8, prefer a foundation plant that has winter interest…) The pots themselves are about 3′ high, and about 16″ in diameter at the rim. Anyone had success with grasses in containers?

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  1. Debra says

    May 26, 2006 at 10:51 am

    Those are gorgeous pots.. and structurally they do seem to match the architecture of your building. Great find.

    Can’t help with the suggestions of grasses, though, sorry.

  2. susan says

    May 29, 2006 at 12:20 pm

    How about a dwarf pine? I have pots of both Bosnian and Korean pine on my front porch. Love the pots!

  3. Mary-Ev says

    May 30, 2006 at 6:27 pm

    Perhaps plume poppy? I’m not entirely sure about the proportions, but it seems to me that the tones would be good.
    I’ve just searched Google Images, and all the examples look bushy. What I’m thinking of is a single, soaring plant with an oatmeal coloured flower and muted green leaves.

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