Find out how to group pots to create a fabulously colourful ‘border’, with tips from pot planting supremo Dan Cooper of Dan Cooper Garden (https://www.dancoopergarden.com/).
00:00 Welcome
00:12 Dan Cooper’s Frustrated Gardener blog: https://www.dancoopergarden.com/
00:44 When to start planning pots of bulbs
01:01 How many plants do you need in a small space?
01:22 Duplicate varieties of plants – have 2 or 4 pots of the same type of plant
01:57 Do you plant in plastic pots first or directly into the ornamental pots
02:48 What kind of compost do you use for planting pots?
03:19 Use a slow release feed granule with the compost
04:19 How do you water pots when you have so many?
05:50 When do you change the display from spring to summer?
06:34 Do you start dahlias off in plastic pots, then transfer them later?
07:12 How to group pots
08:57 Plant one type of plant per pot
09:30 Plant bulbs (and other plants) densely in pots
10:10 Do you need ‘pot feet’?
10:30 Are ‘crocks’ necessary? (Crocks are broken pottery used at the bottom of pots to improve drainage)
11.16 How do you get to the back of a pot display to reach plants?
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30 Comments
What great ideas fr all flors n pots.one can shift thm anywr.lovly.
Alot of work with your garden Dan but then you have colour all the time. Interesting video
Oh my goodness, Alexandra, such a great job on this! I'm going to echo other comments and say this is so useful, and well done. You do ask fabulous questions, bringing out excellent thoughts from your interviewees. And, many of those you're interviewing I've been reading / watching already, so this makes it extra fun and meaningful for me. For years I've been adoring the yummy pots of flowers by Dan Cooper & partner!!! So this is so special to have an interview with him. Thank you!!
This is interesting He is very good and expresses well.
Interesting!,,,!,
I simply can't imagine how much all that cost 😳
Hi all. I'm a keen gardener and also love pots – however – can we all be conscious of water usage. I understand that grouping pots as densely as Dan does helps to reduce transpiration however this amount of watering (using highly treated drinking water) is not environmentally friendly. Maybe some tips for using grey water? We have had a really dry winter, the artesian wells aren't full, so if we have a hot, dry summer then be prepared for hosepipe bans……
Great video, packed with tips! What does Dan do with all that spent soil? I'd love to see the 'behind the scenes' of this garden too – how much extra space is needed to keep the showy space looking so lush?
Wonderful video. Found you both on YouTube and Instagram! Subscribed and Following.
I have started using moss in my pots as well. Slows the drainage. Or screens & moss to keep critters out when they are sitting in a bed. That’s for the ideas and your time.
I love your videos and my garden is steadily coming together. I live in a chocolate box village where villagers and tourists stop to admire my beautiful garden. I was a complete novice a few years ago and have made some very expensive mistakes in the past. You are my 'go to' place to give me inspiration and educate myself on becoming a gardener… I'm hooked.
I really enjoyed this and was hoping they would talk about protecting the plants from slugs and snails
Um. So did anyone else notice the woman in the window at the beginning of the video!?😳
Thanks Alexandra for the useful Q's & A's
You are the best.
Thankyou. I’m just embarking on a similar venture but not on that scale. My worry is the effect on my porcelain tiles.
https://youtu.be/72iGuCt7tPI….👍Terrace Garden
My garden is largely in pots . Loved this episode.
Your garden looks amazing! I can’t wait till to watch your updates to see how it grows. I’m a YouTube gardener too but I’m just learning as I grow. I am happy I found your channel it has so much to offer. I hope we can learn more from each other as we grow our gardens and our garden channels! Happy Planting!
More fantastic content. My Dad always potted up a number of containers to pop into spots in the garden where necessary.
In one of your videos, you suggest putting a container in a border as a garden ornament. I plan to do this is a dry shady area where the soil is poor. Should I raise the pot off the soil to leave a gap , or can I place it directly on the soil?
This little visit is so inspiring. It is so beautiful. My in progress garden is 60 feet wide and only 25 feet from the house to the back fence. I have 5 fig trees, 2 guavas, 2 peaches, 1 apricot, and 1 kumquat tree all growing in 55 quart pots because I don't have enough space to put them all in the ground. I also have geraniums, ferns, and herbs growing in pots. It all looks like a nursery instead of a garden (one person asked if I was growing for a nursery). This really gives me ideas how to arrange my trees and potted flowers around the shrubs that are in the ground so it is all more pleasing to look at.
I use a potting mix for potted plants and use it straight from the bag. If I am planting in a clay pot, I put a 3 inch square of 1/4 inch wire mesh at the bottom with 1 small stone on top of the mesh. The mesh helps keep slugs from crawling into the pot and the stone helps keep the dirt from falling out. If I am using a large nursery pot with 4 big square holes in the sides, I will partly block each hole with a small stone.
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Feast for the eyes. Again, just shows what you can do with a small space. Love it!
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All of your videos are so informative. Re. Crocks in bottom of pots, I use damp screwed up newspaper.
When you have a pot that has a perennial growing in it that has come to the end of the season, do you leave it in the pot or replace the who,e thong?
I put some charcoal in the bottom of my pots. Charcoal provides a habitat for soil bacteria that can survive there even if the pot becomes dry. Charcoal is one of the components of Terra Preta. And the larger chunks of charcoal also prevent the potting mix and compost from falling through.
Are the pot sitting directly on the ground?