Create a potted garden - How it's done

Creating a pot garden is a good idea if you don't have a very large garden. We'll tell you how to do that.

Small gardens, often part of terraced houses and semi-detached houses, can boast opulent flowers by creating a potted garden, just like large gardens. The idea of the pot garden is not only easy to implement, but also extremely creative and easy to care for. Which is why you can also create a pot garden on the roof terrace, a larger balcony and in the front yard.

In a pot garden, even exotic plants often find their regular place, which is why pot gardens often reap great admiration! So if you want to create such a pot garden, then you should best follow the instructions below.

Create a potted garden - How it's done

Step 1 - Planning and Preparation:

First of all, a small garden should always have a spacious lawn and a comfortable seating area (terrace). Roof terraces and balconies usually only have the latter attribute, which should then be the focus of your pot garden planning.

Then you have to decide which type of plants you would like to choose. The size of the plants plays a decisive role here, because this is also reflected in the size of the pots.

Tip:
In principle, you should always arrange the potted plants according to their size. Large plants should therefore always be in the background and the smaller plants should take the front places in stages.

You can also work with plant shelves, which, among other things, ensure a pretty plant arrangement and can also be used as a blooming privacy screen for terraces and balconies.

Tip:
In small gardens, you can of course spread the planters anywhere on the lawn, but this makes mowing work much more difficult. Or you can pave a side edge strip on which you can then drape the tubs nicely.

Step 2 - Pot Selection:

Natural lookingPlant pots made of terracotta are always at the top of the wish list for many pot garden lovers, especially since they can even promote the growth of some plants. However, beautifully glazed clay pots, metal vessels and wicker pots are now also available in specialist shops. In addition, there are easy-care plastic containers (beware of waterlogging - greater risk of rotting!) and rustic wooden troughs.

Tip:
When choosing pots, the character of your house or patio, including the furniture, should play a decisive role. Furthermore, the pots should form a harmonious unit with the plants that will later belong to them.

» Important:

Most potted plants do not tolerate waterlogging, which is why you always have to pay attention to the associated water drainage when choosing a pot, e.g. in the form of a trivet.

Tip:
In the meantime, even automated watering systems for potted plants are available in garden stores, so that the plants in the pots can be watered automatically, especially in summer or while on vacation .

Step 3 - Potting soil and fertilizer:

The right potting soil (potting soil) is always available in specialist shops. You can even optimally adapt these mostly nutrient-rich mixtures to the needs of your individual plants, for example by buying special rhododendron soil for rhododendron plants, cactus soil for cacti, etc.

Nevertheless, almost all potted plants need regular fertilization during the season (at different intervals depending on the plant variety), which you can add directly with the irrigation water.

Tip:
Immediately after potting or repotting the plants in nutrient-rich soil, it is usually not necessary to apply fertilizer.

Step 4 - Plant selection:

The choice of plants for the pot garden is extremely varied. However, it doesn't always have to be blooming messengers of plants, which naturally come into their own in a potted garden. Rather, you can expand your respective arrangement with herb pots as well as fruit plants and vegetable plants.

So just put out a few pots with chili, cherry tomatoes, strawberries (even available for hanging baskets), etc. It looks great and you can snack on it as well.

Important: Overwintering the potted plants

A large proportion of all even hardy potted plants must be kept in winternaturally protect against frostbite. If you cannot provide a place to store the plants frost-free, then you must winterize the pots outdoors. For this purpose you should simply cover the containers with Styrofoam and then put some garden fleece or jute bags loosely over the plants. Then tie them together lightly on the plant stem. (Link tip: Hibernate potted plants - this is how it's done!)

Exotic, non-hardy potted plants must always be covered. So if you can't offer space for it, you should generally avoid this type of plant in the pot garden.