ven the smallest garden provides years of gardening entertainment. What if you don't have a garden spot? Apartment and condo dwellers may enjoy the convenience, lifestyle suitability and economy of apartment life, but still long for a little greenery, or a few flowers to liven up the landscape. If this sounds like you, there's no reason to give up on having a lovely garden.
The terra cotta planter garden actually offers a degree of versatility and true low maintenance that surpasses a backyard garden plot. You don't spend hours tilling, weeding, hoeing and improving large amounts of soil. You can work one pot at a time, creating a min-work of art in an hour. So little work, with a big payoff in garden appeal and personal satisfaction.
Terra cotta planters come in every size, from tiny African violet pots to huge pots to host a giant umbrella tree or rubber tree. You can grow your own fresh kitchen herb garden. These planters can make your modest garden the envy of the neighborhood. If you have a balcony, you can even grow grape tomatoes and zucchini in a patio-sized terra cotta planter.
These clay pots are attractive from the get-go, are portable and reusable. With a little guidance from your local nursery, you can have a year-round garden. Your tender plants can summer outdoors and take refuge inside during the cold months. Here are a few ideas on how you can create a terra cotta planter garden, a movable feast of plant life that lifts your spirits, as well as those of your visitors and passers-by.
If you live in a condo, landscaping rules are typically restrictive. You've got a pristine, but unencroachable common lawn whether you like it or not. However, you do have your entry porch, which is yours to decorate as you please. Try flanking your doorway with some terra cotta planters of varying sizes, spilling over with a magnificent summer display of trailing flowers and generous displays of bright annuals. Come fall, when the annuals are spent, replant with cyclamens, Chrysanthemums, Poinsettias, or Christmas cactus. Winter is the time to plant some spring bulbs for a fabulous display of daffodils or tulips.
One year around favorite is the coleus, which comes in a variety of brilliant leaf shades. These shade-loving plants will do well outside in late spring and throughout the summer. When the weather cools, bring them inside to cheer your windowsills.
Indoor plants can add a new dimension to your home. The candidates for permanent indoor botanical residents number in the hundreds.
With a selection of terra cotta planters, you can have a beautiful low maintenance garden, despite drought conditions and water restrictions, all year long.
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