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Bring any balcony or entrance to life with contrasting foliage, colourful blooms and texture.
This beautiful container will bring any balcony or entrance to life with contrasting foliage, colourful blooms and texture. It requires a container with a minimum width of 75 cm (2½ ft.). An old wash basin, or an oak half-barrel will work. Enjoy this planting for several seasons, then separate plants and transplant into the garden.
YOU WILL NEED • Sterilized potting soil • Organic fertilizer • A pole or obelisk • A large container • The plants listed below
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STEP 1: Gently nestle the shrubs into the sterilized soil, leaving a space in the centre for the obelisk.STEP 2: Sprinkle organic fertilizer over the soil and water well.STEP 3: Place the pole or obelisk in the centre; it is a landing place for small birds to perch, so anchor it well! Once roots grow around it, it will become more secure.
(pictured back left): Gorgeous chartreuse foliage with red new growth and dark-purple fruit. Sun to part shade, growing to 1.5 m (5 ft.) high; 1 m (3 ft.) wide. Deer resistant. Zone 6.
(back right): Dark serrated leaves with pink blooms and black-red edible elderberries. Sun to part shade, growing to 2.2 m (7 ft.) tall by ½ m (4 ft.) wide. Deer resistant. Zone 4.
(centre left) Deep-burgundy foliage complements pink tubular blooms. Sun-loving, reaching 60 m (2 ft.) tall and wide. Deer resistant. Zone 5.
: (far right, front) Evergreen wintergreen boasts pink summer blooms and mint-scented bright-red winter berries. Low-growing to 30 cm (12 in.). Zone 3.
: (far left, front) Creeping raspberry is a gorgeous evergreen groundcover. Small white blooms followed by orange berries. 15 cm (6 in.) high by 90 cm (3 ft.) wide. Zone 7.