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Trends for 2022
Whether you want to overhaul your patio or just spruce
things
up here are a few things to remember.
1. Balcony Gardens -
Small is beautiful as well as functional.
Bring in a collection of pots and plants herbs, bulbs,
flowers,
or anything you are interested in. You can use small colorful
pots for a stunning look, or stay with natural terracotta
and
let the plant materials shine.

2. Recycling products
into garden planters. You don’t always
need to go out and purchase planters for your patio or
porch,
you can turn old boots, kitchen pots or colanders, tin cans,
a child's toy truck into garden planters that are both
decorative and functional.
This is really fun & creative.

3. Garden Art. Don’t just add chairs, and a few pots to your
patio. Dress it up
with decorative garden statues, garden
spheres, colorful wall animals, or pot feet. All come in fun
and playful ideas. WE
love colorful carpets, candles, pillows
, and draped fabric.

4. Supersized
Planters - If you have limited space like a
balcony, use a large lightweight Poly Resin planter for a
stunning effect. It’s
huge, colorful, and adds very little weight.
If you have a ground-level patio, go with a few extra large
planters. The pots
themselves look like garden art, you can
display a mini palm or evergreen, surrounded by colorful
flowers or grasses.

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DIY Topiary Trees |
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How to Prune Most Common Evergreens
We love potted Evergreens!
The planters add beauty to the simplicity of the plant and
the plant stays green all year long which compliments the planter! The best of both worlds! The only thing we can’t stand is seeing a
beautiful pot with an overgrown, scraggly, lopsided evergreen. So, if you properly prune them on a regular
basis they will look their best for years to come.

Here are some tips like what parts to trim, how much to take
off, and when is the best time to trim.
Whether the plant is pine, spruce, rhododendron, or camellia,
you need to know where the new growth will originate. Then trim away any dead branches, cut back to
live wood or the base of the plant. Cut
off broken or damaged branches and remove any crossing or rubbing branches.

Arborvitae – Fast growing, tolerates heavy pruning. Prune in early spring, and reduce a branch
by no more than one-quarter its length.
New growth will emerge from buds along the pruned branch.
Boxwood – Thinning is key to maintaining. Dense growth in the interior of the shrub can
cause disease. Thin it out by cutting
overgrown stems no more than one-third each year. Lightly prune to the desired shape.

Camellia – Slow-growing rarely needs pruning. If it gets lanky, encourage new growth by
trimming each branch back by no more than one-quarter of its length. Cut just above a node. The best time to prune is after it flowers.
Pines – produce new growth at the branch tips in
spring. To keep it compact prune each
new growth back by one-third to one-half its length. Don’t prune into woody stems because new
growth won’t develop there.
Spruce – Prune in Spring.
Reduce the length of branches by cutting each one back to a lateral branch
or bud. Bottom branches will die with
age and can be removed.
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By Arizona Pottery Post Last Updated: 2/8/2022 12:29:29 PM |
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DIY Seaside Garden Planter |
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Seaside Garden Idea
Even if you live miles away from the sea you can create your
own garden in a sunny corner with seashells and succulents.
Materials
Seashells
4 Terracotta Flowerpots of various sizes
Compost or potting mix
Gravel
Variety of plant materials

Glue the seashells onto the terracotta pots and leave them
hardened overnight. The next morning, pour
some pea gravel in the bottom of the flowerpots. This creates a better drainage situation for
the plants. Try to cover the drain hole without blocking it totally. You want the water overflow to easily drain
out without taking a lot of potting mix.

Place the planting materials selected in the pots adding
more potting mix around them and pressing down to eliminate air pockets. Try grouping the plants in the pots to create
an interesting look. Once done place on
a windowsill, out on a patio table or front porch stoop.
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Different Types of Containers |
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Planted Containers
After the last couple of years, we are all starting to spend
more time at home. We are turning our
patios and back yards into a safe, comfortable oasis, where we can entertain and
share meals.
One of the easiest ways to turn a drab area into something
special and functional is with planted containers. Growing plants in garden containers can be
rewarding as well as decorative and functional.
It is worth taking a bit of planning and designing in advance to assure your
planted containers will be a success. If
you neglect this, your containers will show suffering and eventually distress.

So, what to do? Start
by deciding where you want containers, how big the pottery should be, and what
type of garden pots you want to purchase.
There are so many different things to consider. Do you need to move the potted plants because
of shade/sun issues? If so maybe you
should consider Poly Resin. These are
durable and LIGHTWEIGHT. 32 shades of
colors to choose from mean they will match any color décor you already have.

Maybe you want something indestructible and hefty in the garden
or patio planters. How about our
American Made Cement Planter. Custom
made to order, with a choice of colors, we ship these across the US. Since these pots are poured into molds you
can get them in huge sizes that can hold trees and more.
I
f you aren’t aware of Sandstone garden pottery, you need to
check them out. They are silky smooth
looking, super durable, and have a choice of colors also. We even offer an exclusive line of Frank
Lloyd Wright Sandstone Pottery that is stunning. When you are looking for long-lasting &
stunningly unique then consider this line.

Lastly, for over 20 years we have imported Italian
Terracotta clay, Bright glazed pottery, and Mexican Talavera. All are best sellers. They won’t hold up to freezing temps but a
green thumb gardener would not plant in anything but terracotta. This material breathes and is super healthy
in a natural sense for all your planting materials.
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact us at
800-420-1808
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Home Entrance Containers |
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Entrance & Step Garden Planter Ideas!
The entrance to your home tells the world a lot more about
you than you think.
Virtually all entrances will benefit from potted garden planters. It’s a decorating delight and an easy way to
soften harsh lines. You can add color,
fragrance, and beauty to your front entrance by placing colorful planters around
overflowing with grasses, succulents, flowers, shrubs, or palms. So many choices.

The choice of a container will depend on the size of the
area around the entrance and the design you are looking for. Do you want the pottery to be brightly
colored and filled with small flowers so the attention is on the planters? How
about a large terracotta pot overflowing with green ivy and a palm shooting out
the top opening of the pottery. You will
notice the plants and not the container on that type of style & design.
Are you going for a contemporary look with planters that
have smooth lines, mono colors, and clean lines, or a more formal entrance design
with a garden urn or towering vase?

Maybe you don’t have a lot of space but you do have steps
leading up to your front porch. You can
place two larger garden containers framing each side of the front door. If you have only the steps to work with, try
placing smaller pots on the different levels of steps, up next to the railing
so that they won’t be obstructive and cause issues.

When it comes to the planting materials for any of the
entrance pots suggested above, just look at how much sun or shade they will
get. Are they under a porch awning or
exposed to direct sunlight all day. Once
you select the perfect planters, filling them will not be an issue but a super
fun adventure.

Lastly, whatever style, size, or planting materials you
choose, please, please, please keep them cleaned up, watered, fertilized, and
well maintained. It won’t matter how
much you spend on a garden planter if they are ignored and not taken care of.
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