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Great Container Gardens

If you want to create beautiful container gardens but don't know here to start, check out our slide show of 25 recipes you can follow for success. Our collection of container garden recipes is sure to inspire you.

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Create a cottage-garden feel by using soft shades of pink and purple and plants that have loose, open shapes. Here, petunias, licorice plant, and verbena do the job perfectly. This planting grows best in full sun.

A. Sweet potato vine (Ipomoea batatas 'Blackie') -- 1
B. Licorice plant (Helichrysum petiolare) -- 1
C. Petunia 'Carpet Lilac' -- 2
D. Verbena 'Aztec Pink Magic' -- 1
E. Wishbone flower (Torenia 'Summer Wave Blue') -- 1
F. Salvia 'Lady in Red' -- 1
G. Petunia 'Ramblin White' -- 1
H. Petunia 'Pink Daddy' -- 1



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