1. Container Gardening Gardening in Small Spaces Cooperative Extension Cayuga County

2. Elements of Container Gardening Benefits Getting Started Plant Requirements Plant Selection

3. Benefits Small spaces Little time Accessibility Convenience Economical Creative BEAUTY!

4. Containers Terra Cotta Hanging Basket Wire w/ moss Whiskey Barrel Concrete Wood Bushel Baskets Wheel Barrow BE CREATIVE!!!

7. Be Creative!

8. Consider… Drainage Weight Size

9. Growing Media Pre-mixed is best Make your own: –peat moss –sterile potting soil –builder’s sand –slow release fertilizer

10. Plant Requirements Water –Polymers –Hydro-mats Light

11. Annual Flowers Marigolds Impatiens

12. Snapdragons Petunias

13. Creeping ZinniaGeraniums

14. More Annual Flowers… Ageratum Alyssum Begonia Coleus Dianthus Dusty Miller Lobelia Nasturtium Pansy Salvia Celosia

15. Perennial Flowers ColumbineGaillardia

16. Yarrow More Perennial Flowers… Candytuft Chrysanthemum Lupine Rudbeckia Sedum Shasta Daisy Veronica

17. Annual Herbs Summer Savory Dill Basil

18. Italian Herbs More Annual Herbs… Chervil Coriander Dill Biennial Herbs… Caraway Parsley

19. Perennial Herbs Chives Fennel Lovage Marjoram Mint Tarragon Thyme Winter Savory

20. Vegetables LettuceSweet 100 Tomato

21. Pole Beans More Vegetables… Bush Beans Swiss Chard Beets Cucumbers Zucchini Carrots Green Onions Bell Peppers

22. Exotic Foliage Hibiscus Banana Cannas Alocasia Elephant Ears White Bird of Paradise Variegated Ficus Caladium

23. Bulbs Fall Planted… Iris Crocus Daffodil Tulip Spring Planted… Asiatic lily Gladiolus Begonia Dahlia

24. For More Information Garden Hotline 255-1183 Monday – Wednesday – Friday 10am - noon Cornell Cooperative Extension

25. http://www.gardening.cornell.edu http://www.gardenhoo.com http://www.skaneatelesvineyards.com Library, Bookstore

26. Examples from the Philadelphia Flower Show Etc.

27. Other Examples

28. Continued