This document discusses container gardening. It provides tips for choosing containers, soil, and plants. Proper location and drainage are important. The document recommends a thriller, filler, and spiller plant combination. Fertilizer and care over the season are also covered. A variety of flower, vegetable, and herb award winners are highlighted. Emerging gardening trends include coleus, new male gardeners, well-being plants, and portable gardening.

1. Fun Container Gardens
Terri James, Extension Horticulturist

2. Why Containers?
 Trendy
 Changeable
 Seasonable
 Fun
 Instant

3. How to Build a
Great Container
 Location, location,
location
 Color
 Texture
 Light requirements
 Pick out a great container

4. How to Build a
Great Container
 Make sure your container
has drain holes

5. You can’t forget
the soil!
 The most important!
 Good quality
 Add water

6. Now Start Shopping!

7. But remember …
 Thriller
 Fillers &
 Spillers

8. Keep you plants
happy all season
long
 Slow release
 Additional throughout the
season

9. Start Planting

10. Care for Your Containers

11. Seasonal

19. Recycled & Fun!

32. Indoors

34. More Ideas!

39. • 2015 AAS Bedding Plant
Award Winner Dianthus,
Interspecific Jolt™ Pink F1
Award Type: National Winner

40. • 2015 AAS Flower Award
Winner Impatiens
Bounce™ Pink Flame PPAF
'Balboufink'
Award Type: National Winner

41. • 2015 AAS Flower Award
Winner Impatiens
SunPatiens® Spreading
Shell Pink
Award Type: National Winner

42. • 2015 AAS Flower Award
Winner Petunia Tidal
Wave® Red Velour F1
Award Type: National Winner

43. • 2015 AAS Bedding Plant
Award Winner Petunia
Trilogy Red F1
Award Type: National Winner

44. • 2015 AAS Bedding Plant
Award Winner Salvia
Summer Jewel White
Award Type: National Winner

45. Veggies

48.  2015 AAS Vegetable
Award Winner Basil Dolce
Fresca

49. • 2015 AAS Vegetable
Award Winner Basil Persian
Award Type: Regional Winner
(Heartland,
Mountain/Southwest,
West/Northwest)

50. • 2015 AAS Vegetable
Award Winner Beet
Avalanche
Award Type: National Winner

51. • 2015 AAS Vegetable
Award Winner Broccoli
Artwork F1
Award Type: National Winner

52. • 2015 AAS Vegetable
Award Winner Chives,
garlic Geisha
Award Type: National

53. • 2015 AAS Vegetable
Award Winner Pepper
Emerald Fire F1
Award Type: National Winner

54. • 2015 AAS Vegetable
Award Winner Pepper
Flaming Flare F1
Award Type: National Winner

55. • 2015 AAS Vegetable
Award Winner Pepper Hot
Sunset F1
Award Type: Regional Winner
(Southeast, Heartland, Great
Lakes

56. • 2015 AAS Vegetable
Award Winner Pepper
Pretty N Sweet F1
Award Type: National Winner

57. • 2015 AAS Vegetable
Award Winner Pepper
Sweet Sunset F1
Award Type: Regional Winner
(Southeast, Heartland,
West/Northwest)

58. • 2015 AAS Vegetable
Award Winner Radish
Roxanne F1
Award Type: National Winner

59. • 2015 AAS Vegetable
Award Winner Squash
Bossa Nova F1
Award Type: National Winner

60. • 2015 AAS Vegetable
Award Winner Squash
Butterscotch F1
Award Type: National Winner

61. Trends

62. Year of the Coleus

63. New Gardeners --
Young men are
spending more
than average on
plants

64. Wellbeing --
Environmentally
friendly

65. Garden-tainment

66. Bite-Sized
Decadence

70. Rebel-hoods

71. Color Pop

72. Portable Gardening

73. Bed Head Style

74. Thank You
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