pictures of my tubs

hi these are the size of the tubs i use around my garden as you can see i have no boarder, the size of my lawn is 10ft x 12ft not very big, could some one please tell me what flowers to put in these tubs, i need brite colorfull flowers, thank you.

 

Hi Paul. I have a number of tubs as well as some border area. In a border you can afford to have a plants where one starts to flower as another finishes. But in a tub you can't afford to have slackers. One suggestion would be to have tender perennials, such as Pelargoniums (commonly called geraniums), Argyranthemums, Felicia, Osteopermum, Petunia, Impatiens (buzzy lizzies)etc. They all tend to flower for a long period of time. Impatiens need a lot of water, but all the others tend to be relatively drought tolerant. This might be an advantage as pots can dry out quite quickly, or you might forget to water.

 

The other thign to remember is drainage - if those containers don't have drainage holes, you'll need to make some, or the plants could get waterlogged. It's always a good idea to put in crocks of some sort at the bottom for the same reason. These can be pebbles from around the garden, bits of broken terracotta plant pots, or bits broken off polystyrene packaging.

As well as the sort of plants, Peter has mentioned, it's good to use cineraria as a contrast, with silvery white leaves. I like to use trailing plants as well as upright types, so would have trailing lobelia, ivy, ivy-leaved pelargoniums, dichondra, and lots of others.

To help with the problem of drying out, you can use water-retaining gel crystals, which you can get at any garden centre. The amount to use is on the packet - it's a useful extra!

 

their is also a compost with water retaining in it
that is the one i get humax its good

 

Have used all sorts in my tubs including ornamental grasses as well as Hostas with colour coming from Geraniums and Bacopa - lovely white flower - bushy and drought tolerant.

 

you may think this a silly question, but for real - why do you need a lawn?

If I had such a small space I would go specialist plants and retire the lawn mower permanantly!

 

me two when you think of what you can put in their