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Transcript: Creating Dish Gardens
Dish gardens are a great way to bring color and interest to both indoor plantings and outdoor plantings.One secret to a good dish garden is to combine a variety of plants. For example, some long narrow textures like this phormiaceae, or perhaps the bold narrow textures of a dracaena do very well.
Also combine different colors. The bold colors of a croton make a good dish garden, as well as the fine texture of asparagus fern.
Then there are the plants with silvery foliage, such as this dusty miller. You want to combine various types of plants. I like to use ivy in a dish garden. They trail and spill over the edge and add additional interest to your garden. Or perhaps a plant like this alyssum, which is also very nice spilling over the side of a garden.
Now we have small containers we can use for small statured plants. We can also have dish gardens that are as large as a half-whiskey barrel.
Always use a mix that is very lightweight and airy, one that drains very well. A combination of vermiculite and perlite works really well. You want to keep it moist but not soggy wet. Make sure the container has good drainage.
Now when you group your plants, choose plants that go well together. If it's an indoor dish garden, then houseplants can be good candidates. Outdoors, if you're going to put it in the shade, choose all shade-loving plants, and if it's in the sun, then some of your flowering plants that like a little more sun. But collect a group of plants together that do well in the same location.
With your common sense tip on providing a beautiful dish garden for your home or outdoors, I'm Skip Richter.
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July 6, 2006