Spring is the beginning of a new season and what better way to welcome its arrival than with a container garden bursting with color and fragrance? That is what is on display here with daffodils, hyacinths and tulips holding their blooms high above the lower growing muscari and pansies. I came across this collection of stunning container gardens in an article by Lauren Dunec Hoang which I found on the Houzz website.
Spring into the new season with potted vignettes that exclaim ?out with winter? and ?in with buds and blooms.? Here are 12 container combinations ? with pastel-petaled tulips, sunny daffodils, bright green foliage and sweet strawberries ? that capture spring in all its glory.1. Celebration of spring. Welcome the season with a sunny arrangement of mixed bulbs of various heights and delicate pansies tucked to fill in around the base. Here, a pair of deep urns planted with medium-purple tulips, yellow daffodils, pink ranunculuses, grape hyacinths (Muscari sp.), pansies and variegated English ivy makes a glorious entry arrangement.
It can be tricky to get bulbs planted in combination to bloom at the same time. To re-create this look, choose a bag of early, midseason or late-blooming bulbs packaged together and plant them in a container according to the instructions.
If you missed planting bulbs last fall, pick up potted bulbs from your local nursery and plant them together in a container. Look for ones that are just beginning to bud for a coordinated bloom time.
Water requirement: Moderate to high
Light requirement: Full sun to partial shade2. Spring trio. Make an impact with an odd number of spring containers arranged together in a vignette. The designer of this entryway trio massed colorful pansies and nemesias in the lowest container, planted the medium container with an evergreen combination of boxwood and trailing ivy, and played up the height of the largest container with purple foxgloves (Digitalus sp.).
A clever trick to try at home: Use cut pussy willow branches stuck into the soil as an attractive support for tall bloom spikes.
Water requirement: Moderate to high
Light requirement: Full sun to partial shade
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