Comments on: Conifers in Pots – What Works?

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:19:36 +0000

I’m late to this conversation…but Susan, I have a (definitely tangential) question for you. Given your enviable green thumb, how would you recommend I build a garden for a house we’ll probably leave? We’re house-hunting in Virginia, though lazily. Although I hesitate to pour my heart (and pocketbook) into our temporary plot of land, I can’t keep my hands out of the dirt. Any words of wisdom?

Your newest reader,
Kathryn

By: Nelumbo

Nelumbo — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 05:21:22 +0000

That’s an interesting rule of thumb on what to plant to survive in containers…although lackawata might be the biggest plague for me too

By: Annie in Austin

Annie in Austin — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 02:16:44 +0000

Poor little evergreens! I’m allergic to junipers, but both pines are lovely.
Susan, maybe instead of wishing you luck I should wish they were in my garden – I’ll water them!!

Annie at the Transplantable Rose

By: Colleen Vanderlinden

Colleen Vanderlinden — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 16:01:55 +0000

Hmmm…the dreaded “lackawata.” That seems to hit at least one of my porch pots every summer

I love how conifers look in pots. I know I pay more attention to them in pots than I would if they were planted in the ground. That Korean pine is sweet. I’ll have to keep that in mind for my porch.