Enhance your landscape with beautiful container gardens. Potted plants are mobile, making them a great way to display your favorite flowers anywhere in the garden or on your deck, patio, or balcony.
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"… landscaping now defined by stonework, and potted plants help create an inviting ambience in … landscaping now defined by stonework, and potted plants help create an inviting ambience in … outdoor rug did the trick. A series of potted plants softens the scene. This old deck was …"
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… containers allow you to take the garden with you. Focus. Potted plants -- and pots -- create interest. Grouped in strategic places … perennials and groundcovers by letting them serve a summer as potted plants . In spring, split mature or overgrown plants into several …
Using Poinsettias as Cut Flowers
Our favorite holiday potted plant becomes much more versatile when we start thinking outside the pot. Here's how to keep cut poinsettia flowers fresh.
Outdoor Meditation: Nurtured by Nature
… Create an entrance with a graceful arbor, a decorative gate, or a threshold flanked by upright evergreens or large, potted plants . Post a bell or wind chimes for visitors to announce themselves. Provide seating . Include a bench or chairs; add cushions …
3-Step Decorating: Dining Room
… commit to a new color scheme, pick up on the soft green walls with botanical motifs in special napkins and fresh-cut or potted plants and flowers. Keep the look clean with simple white cotton window panels. The strong bones of this black furniture are classic …
… available at garden centers and crafts stores) 2 decorative wooden brackets Paint Paintbrush Screws Wall anchors, if needed Potted plants 1. Paint the window box and decorative brackets to match the window frame. 2. Mount brackets to the wall beneath the windowsill …
Weekend Project: Tabletop Trees in a Twinkling
… tree forms. 2. Decorate: Start by purchasing prettily- potted plants , or slip your selections (still inside their nursery pots … surprise and delight you through the holiday season. These potted plants set the stage for a festive, small-scale landscape and …
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Stylish Decorative Touches for Outdoor Rooms
… choice for your outdoor room. Here, potted plants , lush greenery, and comfortable cushions … easily be changed with the season. Potted plants provide the finishing touch, offering … as well as protection from the sun. Potted plants on the tables blend beautifully with …
Arbor Design Ideas: Metal Arbors
… the home's roof. By covering your arbor with well-behaved vines or a climbing rose, it becomes part of the garden. Potted plants frame the sides to hide the base of the vines, making it look as though flowers extend from the pots straight to the arbor …
… and then choose flat pieces to create a level top. Low walls provide additional seating or a platform on which to display potted plants . This lattice-topped wall shows off the beauty and diversity of stone. Large and small stones are mortared together to …
… elegance to indoor or outdoor decor. Leave them as is, or decorate with paint or gilding for a more formal look. A variety of potted plants , including several colors of mums, introduces a bit of fall color to the corner of this front porch. One pretty pumpkin …
10 Tips to Plan an Eco-Friendly Wedding
… centerpieces and bouquets. For a summer wedding, use farmers' market finds to create bouquet and table arrangements, or use potted plants which can be given away to your attendants at the end of your big day. Ask your caterers if they can provide vegetarian …
… ribbon ties to secure it to the chair back. Line a flat waterproof tray with chunks of sea glass and elevate a collection of potted plants to focal-point status. The tray will also help to protect your tabletop from water spills. Create a breezy spot for beach …
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