Architectural Plants by Christine Shaw

Author:Christine Shaw
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-28T16:00:00+00:00

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Versailles pots with removable sides allow root pruning to be done with ease.

Choosing plants for pots

Seasonal plants such as Canna, Zantedeschia, Agapanthus and Hedychium that die back each year after flowering can all live in pots for years. Once they become too large for their pots, haul them out, divide the clumps into several plants, replant what is required and give the rest away to a gardening chum.

However, the idea of buying a splendid new pot, often at considerable expense, is usually for it to be a permanently planted focal feature, looking attractive all year round, not for just a few months in the summer.

Plants that never get any bigger are ideal. Box ( Buxus) balls, bay ( Laurus nobilis) lollipops, yew ( Taxus) cones and Japanese pom-poms such as Ilex crenata are perfect, as long as they are clipped regularly to keep them in shape. During the growing season, clipping must be done little and often so that the foliage doesn’t become straggly and unkempt. If the foliage is allowed to grow, more stress is put upon the root system as it struggles to support the extra leaves.

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