Container Pots

Find a really good local greenhouse and talk to them there. They can be so much more help as they are very familiar with the local weather, soils, and will carry things that are well suited to the area in which you live.

I don't trust buying too much from big companies like Q, because I know in this area, we are not the zone most say we are, as we have pockets here that are much colder than the zones most companies place us in.

Local is best.

Oh thank you! I hadn't thought of doing that.

First of all do they have drainage holes in the bottom? If not, you will have problems unless you put pots in those pots. Also it depends on where you locate them. In the shade, Impatiens are beautiful, in the full sun you have your choice of so many annuals. You will want to plant your tallest plants in the middle and the shorter to the outside. Sounds like they could be just beautiful. I also live in Western Washington and love it here, especially when I watch the news and see those poor people on the East coast suffering.

Good luck to you

There are drainage holes, and they are in partial sun. Cookie06, I love it here too!

I also live in Western Washington. I would go to a good local nursery and ask them. There are many around. Swanson's in Seattle, Molbak's in Woodinville, Sky in Shoreline, Wight's in Lynnwood, Wells-Medina in Bellevue, etc. Can you tell I am a nursery groupie?

When you container garden, its the thrill (the taller plant in the center), the fill (the plants around that tall plant) and finally the spill (anything that drapes over the sides of the container if desired).

Happy gardening-- do not use the soil from your property but use the labelled container mix products instead.

Yes, yes...make sure you have good drainage in the pots..otherwise, whatever you plant will not survive.