Still Time to Create a Beautiful Container Garden

Container plantings can be started any time of the year and many of the plants will continue blooming or have beautiful foliage all winter in Michigan when taken indoors before frost.

Start with a hardy perennial with beautiful foliage. Transplant it into a large container. Add summer annuals (on sale everywhere in July) and Voila! Beauty for this season and the beginning of next spring. Adding hardy perennials gives a base to a container planting that you intend to have for many seasons. Pick one with … Read more