Grow Colour, Incredible Edibles and Fragrant Plants in Containers

If you’re not convinced about growing in pots and containers, here’s a list of reasons why you should get started right now no matter where you live:

• Versatile: Container gardens allow you to grow on a balcony, patio, courtyard, indoors on windowsills or rooms with adequate light, the deck of a boat, rooftop or caravan annexe.

• More variety: You can grow plants that may not be suitable to grow in your garden soil and grow plants next to each other even though they may have different soil needs.

• Accessibility: Growing plants in containers makes gardening accessible to almost anyone including children, those with limited mobility and the elderly.

• No weeding: Due to the small surface area, it’s unlikely weed seeds will find their way into pots.

• No heavy garden tools and equipment: Saves your back and money with less maintenance.

• Mobility: Plants in pots can easily be moved to suit your needs or to a more suitable sunny or shady location during the day.

• Change your look: Easily vary your colour scheme.  As each plant finishes flowering or fruiting, it can be replaced with another.

• Flexibility: Rearrange plants to suit the season or your personal taste.

• Control space invaders: Vigorous growers like mints and bamboo that are too invasive if let loose in the garden do well in containers, but will take over an in-ground garden.

• Portable Meals on Wheels: Suitable for renters, edible gardens in pots can move house with you. (more…)