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Container Gardening for Beginners: Your Guide to Growing Success

By stacy ling

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No yard required! Learn the basics of container gardening and cultivate a thriving little oasis on your porch or deck. This beginner's guide is your key to growing success.

Container gardens are super fun to design. It is one of my favorite things to do in the garden because you can play with so many different flowers, textures, and dimensions in the pots.

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Whether you keep your container gardens simple or create something  more elaborate, they are the perfect addition to both indoor and outdoor  living spaces.

First, it’s important to determine what style, color, and size containers you are using before purchasing plants.

When creating an elaborate container garden, consider the container design technique: thriller, filler, and spiller while shopping and choose plants accordingly.

Add fresh organic potting soil to containers.

When the container is ready for planting, start stuffing it with the thriller, filler, and spiller planting technique

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Fertilize and water plants well.

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Follow along to learn more about container gardening for beginners.

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