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Plants in Pots

05.01.16 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Flowering Hanging Planters

Containers and planters

All the info you need to make your own: the pots, the plants, the tips. Hanging planters are so easy to put together, and the baskets here are just stunning.

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16.02.12 | Ilona Erwin | 3 Comments

Garden Art- I Mean, Really.

Containers and planters

Succulent Garden Art Exhibit Make Your Own View This isn’t a new idea- I’ve seen it showcased at garden shows in the past, but I think it is an example of exceptionally well done succulent planting. An idea taken to a level of an artist playing with their medium and exploring its qualities in a…

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14.08.09 | Ilona Erwin | 2 Comments

Summer Containers in Bloom

Containers and planters

Took pictures of some of my containers, I especially liked the shady one with salmon impatiens, caladium, ivy and the strawberry begonia. As of today I had to cut back the sunny combination of blue salvia, yellow petunias, African daisies, and million bells. I always enjoy the container flowers. They are presently my annual gardens,…

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07.05.09 | Ilona Erwin | 5 Comments

Just A Note-05-09

2009 + Containers and planters + Vegetable garden

It had rained and then the sun came out. Joanne had noted my garden is mainly shrubs and flowers, which it is, and I wrote back that I was only just getting back into vegetable gardening the past few years after a decade hiatus of fervent food gardening. I still have only a third of…

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18.10.08 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Container Gardening All Year

autumn + Containers and planters + Garden design ideas

Can your containers go from summer into fall without too much trouble? You might want to swap out annuals that look too tired for some flowering kale or a small pot of chrysanthemums. Tuck in some gourds or a mini pumpkin like heirloom gardener did. Here is an idea for an autumn season container with…

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02.07.08 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Memories of June

Containers and planters + June

A few pictures before I go on a short July Fourth hiatus. My overgrown pond area. I let feverfew bloom unhindered and the iris made it through the winter and bloomed beautifully- it surprised me. The waterlilies need division, you can’t really see the water. These pictures show my present attraction to purple cream and…

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27.05.08 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

The Busy Season

Containers and planters + Seasons + spring + tomatoes + Vegetable garden

That is how I think of this time of year: busy. The rare spring moments of enjoying tender sunny weather, with soft fragrant breezes and the shifting clouds pierced by shafts of light, while bearing the showers that keep ground moist and sprouts growing, is crowded by my race with the earth to gain mastery…

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25.11.07 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Flowering Kale

Containers and planters + Plants

I couldn’t help myself. I was at the former “Wild Oats”, now “Whole Foods” store yesterday and there were the last of their flowering kale offerings on sale for 99 ¢ each. You know me by now… if you read this garden journal. I am a frugal gardener, but also an addicted one. I could…

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03.06.07 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Saturday Was Slave Day OR Ilona’s Terrible Awful No-Good Day

Containers and planters + June

And the slave was me. I worked very hard from quite early in the morning potting up even more containers. I have more sunny flower containers than shady ones, but more part-sun spaces. Oh well. It was so hot, I could only do a little digging and weeding. I tried to get my husband to…

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28.05.07 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Containers That Caught My Eye

About Flowers + Containers and planters

The first two pictures were taken @ Innis Garden last year, the third was from Easton Shopping Center. I very much like the choice of one magnificent plant with a graceful container and interesting support. This part of Innis garden is called a “secret garden”, made to look like and old ruin and tucked away…

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