{"id":19323,"date":"2021-06-23T07:00:53","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T11:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentgarden.com\/?p=19323"},"modified":"2023-05-23T18:59:37","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T22:59:37","slug":"design-a-tropical-low-maintenance-summer-container-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentgarden.com\/blog\/design-a-tropical-low-maintenance-summer-container-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Design a Tropical, Low-Maintenance Summer Container Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our gardens can have many different looks, themes, and characteristics to give us that unique feel we all crave as gardeners, and one look many of us seek year after year is a bold, tropical look. The ability to create an outdoor oasis that feels like an instant vacation every time you walk outside is a garden goal for many. In addition, by creating this look in a container that can fit anywhere, depending on the space you have available, is even better.<\/p>\n

However, if you do not live in the tropics, a tropical theme can seem daunting to achieve. What plants can be added to this tropical garden? How big will these plants get and how large of a growing space do they need? Not to mention, what level of plant care is involved in maintaining a tropical theme?<\/p>\n

Container gardening presents its own gardening challenges as well. With limited space available for growing and the microenvironments they create, plants need to be paired strategically so that they will grow under the same conditions, complement each other and have enough space to grow and thrive.<\/p>\n

Ideally, low maintenance, easy-to-care-for plants would be the perfect combination for any container garden, especially planted in a Rim TruDrop self-watering container<\/a>, because it means less time attending to the needs of just a few plants and more time spent on other gardening tasks (or relaxing).<\/p>\n

And just because you might not live in a tropical climate does not mean you cannot achieve a tropical-looking container full of beautiful plants that will grow and thrive together in harmony.<\/p>\n

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Achieving a \u201cTropical\u201d Look in Your Garden<\/h2>\n

When you picture a tropical garden, you might think of palm trees with their large, fan-shaped fronds or banana plants with their huge, large, lush foliage. Tropical gardens create a sense of lushness with their dense plantings with lots of bold layers of foliage and bright flower colors. The main element in tropical container gardening design is foliage. And, usually, the bigger and bolder the foliage, the better.<\/p>\n

Other characteristics that make a garden \u201ctropical\u201d include:<\/p>\n