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Put on your best overalls and finest gardening glove&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"acf":{"featured_posts":[{"article":{"ID":21305,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-12-16 07:00:33","post_date_gmt":"2021-12-16 12:00:33","post_content":"Have you always wanted the accent piece to wow your guests, and use as a conversation starter? Look no further! Here are a few tips on how make an easy, gorgeous bowl of succulents out of a Crescent Garden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentgarden.com\/product\/montana\/\">Montana Bowl<\/a>.\r\n<h2>SELECTING PLANTS<\/h2>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21324\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Succulents-with-Kelly-1-1024x379.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"379\" \/>\r\n\r\nThe first step to succulent gardening is to select your succulents. Just as you would with flowering plants, you can apply the concept of \u2018thriller\u2019, \u2018filler\u2019, and \u2018spiller\u2019. The \u2018thriller\u2019 or centerpiece plant, is the main highlight, or the focal point of the planter. It is often taller, with a unique texture and color to make it stand out from the rest of the plants. The \u2018filler\u2019 section is the area of plants, medium sized, that represent the bulk of the planter. Without the filler, the planter would look barren. The last section is the spiller, which falls over the edge of the pot. By creating three tiers, you can add another element of intrigue to your planter. If your selection of plants is still looking monotonous, try using different types of plants with large varieties of textures and colors. Remember that not every succulent garden needs to have a desert feel to it. Some can be tropical inspired.\r\n<h2>TIPS AND TRICKS AS YOU BUILD YOUR CONTAINER<\/h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_21325\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-21325 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Succulents-with-Kelly-2-1024x379.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"379\" \/> Clear Roots, Add fresh soil, Provide Adequate Drainage with a drier potting mix[\/caption]\r\n\r\nOnce you are ready to pot your plants up, you will first want to clean up your bowl and make sure that you have a good working space with fresh dirt. If you are reusing an old planter that has been potted before, make sure that you have cleared out any old root systems, and that you have a new layer of dirt that can provide adequate drainage. Succulents require much drier soil than other plants to ensure proper drainage. Therefore, purchase a mix specific for succulent gardening or if you are making your own be sure you add a good portion of sand mixed in with regular potting mix. Next, fill your planter with your potting mix until it reaches about 1 or 2 inches below the top of the planter. Dig a hole in the middle of the planter and place your centerpiece plant in your planter, securing it with the surrounding potting mix. Afterwards, add in your filler plants, with larger plants towards the back and smaller ones facing towards the front of the planter.\r\n\r\nWhen digging the hole to place your plants in, keep in mind that cacti have very small root systems, which means that they should only be placed in shallow holes to make sure that they don\u2019t end up getting buried. Try tilting your plants toward the edge of the pot so that you are not just seeing the sides, but also the inner parts of the plants, since many of them have unique textures or colors on the inner edges. However, taller, more upright plants do not need to be planted at an angle. When taking your plant out of the growing container, slide it out carefully and loosen the roots before placing it in the hole for better root growth. If there are any brown leaves at the bottom, you can remove them at this point. Continue the process of potting all of your succulents until your planter is filled and arranged to your satisfaction. On the inner parts of the planter, it is best to use symmetry, while on the outer parts it is more eye grabbing if the plants are sporadically arranged.\r\n<h2>THE FINAL TOUCHES<\/h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_21326\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"size-large wp-image-21326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Succulents-with-Kelly-4-1024x379.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"379\" \/> Use moss, pebbles or even sand to decorate.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nOnce you are done potting up all of your plants, here are a few tips on how to finish off the succulent gardening process. Using dried moss, pebbles, or even sand in between plants or simply on the edge of your container can make your planter more nicely finished, by covering up some of the dirt at the edges and bringing another element of texture to your container. Use a paint brush to clean up any dirt around the leaves and edges of your planter. This will make your container look perfect and ready for guests.","post_title":"Succulent Gardening Indoors with Kelly","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"succulent-gardening-indoors-with-kelly","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-24 20:16:52","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-25 00:16:52","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.crescentgarden.com\/?p=21305","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"1","filter":"raw"}},{"article":{"ID":20567,"post_author":"1959","post_date":"2021-11-05 02:00:18","post_date_gmt":"2021-11-05 06:00:18","post_content":"You have spent your hard-earned money on soil, plants and fertilizer, and cared for them for months. Don\u2019t give up on them now just because they look tired. Depending on the part of the country you live in, you may have a couple more months before it\u2019s time to empty your pots and store them for the winter or converting them to winter interest. With just an hour or two of work you can have beautiful plants right up until frost. Below are some tips for maintaining and refreshing your summer container garden.\r\n\r\nMany gardeners are afraid to cut annuals back. Don\u2019t be! Cutting overgrown or leggy plants back can rejuvenate them. Most plants respond well to being pruned, encouraging them to flush out with fresh growth and flowers.\u202fPlants like coleus, petunias, sweet potato vine, verbena, calibrachoa, alternanthera, vinca, lantana, salvia, plectranthus, lobularia, cuphea, dichondra, trailing torenia, impatiens, and begonias, all respond well to pruning. Typically, I cut plants back 1\/3 to 1\/2 and they bounce back in just a week or two. Do be careful not to cut them so far back that there is not any foliage remaining on the plant. Plants like canna, tropical ginger, and papyrus produce multiple shoots from the ground. Their foliage can become dull and faded looking over time. Follow those stems with dull leaves down to the soil line and cut them off.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_20575\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-20575 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Finding-branches-with-little-foliage-and-cutting-it-off-1024x618.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"618\" \/> Finding branches with little foliage and cutting it off[\/caption]\r\n\r\nOnce you have cut back overgrown and leggy plants, you should fertilize to encourage new foliage and flowers in your container gardening efforts. By this time chances are that any slow-release fertilizer you applied when you planted your containers has been used up. If you reapply a slow release this late in the season you may not get your money\u2019s worth, so I recommend applying a water-soluble fertilizer. Follow label directions on the product you choose. In general, apply a water soluble when you trim your plants and again every 12 to 14 days, stopping three to four weeks before your first expected frost.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_20576\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-20576 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Before-cutting-back-overgrown-and-leggy-plants-left-and-a-new-look-with-simple-deadheading-right-1024x618.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"618\" \/> Before cutting back overgrown and leggy plants (left) and a new look with simple deadheading (right)[\/caption]\r\n\r\nCutting back plants can also give you a few weeks reprieve from having to water your container garden so frequently. Typically, after I give plants in my pots a haircut, I am able to water a third to half as frequently for a few weeks, often getting me into cooler weather where they are not drinking as much. But don\u2019t get out of the habit of checking on them! Remember that just like plants in the landscape, actively growing plants in containers need to be thoroughly and deeply watered.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_20577\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-20577 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Instantly-refreshing-the-look-of-your-planters-with-a-thorough-cutting-1024x618.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"618\" \/> Instantly refreshing the look of your planters with a thorough cutting[\/caption]\r\n\r\nIf you have plants that have not outgrown their space or don\u2019t lend themselves to being cut back like geraniums or annual gaillardia, they will benefit from having their spent flowers removed. Deadheading on many newer selections of plants like Surfinia\u00ae, Supertunia\u00ae, Wave\u00ae, and Tidal Wave petunias is not necessary, but I still find it rewarding, particularly when the plant is young. Removing the spent flowers from trailing torenia, Heat it Up\u00ae gaillardia, geraniums, angelonia, and Suncredible\u00ae sunflowers not only helps them to flower more, but also makes them more attractive. Plants like coleus and basil are more likely to send out flower spikes in late summer and will produce more foliage if flower heads are removed.\r\n\r\nDeadheading is one container gardening task I find relaxing and rewarding. I compare it to vacuuming the shag carpet in our home when I was growing up. I felt like I had accomplished something because I could instantly see a difference. Using a good pair of bypass pruners or even a sharp pair of scissors makes for a more enjoyable task.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_20578\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-20578 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/After-trimmings-from-overgrown-and-leggy-plants-1024x618.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"618\" \/> After trimmings from overgrown and leggy plants[\/caption]\r\n\r\nIf a plant has died and you\u2019re left with a void, or you just are not enjoying a particular plant you have, you may want to replace it. Carefully dig the plant out and replace it with something fun and colorful. Many garden centers and nurseries restock mid and late summer with a smaller but colorful selection of annuals that can be plugged into pots. Look for annuals like ornamental peppers, celosia, coleus, fall blooming asters, mums, and pansies. You may also find cool season ornamentals as well as edible greens such as kale, Swiss chard, cabbage, broccoli, and beet to add to your pots.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_20579\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"409\"]<img class=\"wp-image-20579 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Combining-fall-herbs-and-ornamental-plants-246x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"499\" \/> Combining fall herbs and ornamental plants[\/caption]\r\n\r\nWith these tips I hope you will spend a little time freshening your container garden, which will lead to weeks or months rewarded with beauty.","post_title":"Perk Up your Pots with Container Gardening!","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"blog-perk-up-your-pots-with-container-gardening","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-24 19:53:27","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-24 23:53:27","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.crescentgarden.com\/?p=20567","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}},{"article":{"ID":242374,"post_author":"2123","post_date":"2022-11-01 09:55:08","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-01 13:55:08","post_content":"America in Bloom (AIB) recently hosted its annual symposium in St. Louis, Missouri this September, where towns from all over the US met to share their garden successes and collaborate. AIB is an organization that promotes the beautification of cities and towns through flower and plant installations that elevate the spirit and character of their communities. Our resident Crescent Garden Rep, Barbara Wise, interviewed some AIB board members to gather their perspectives on AIB\u2019s current gardening efforts and the challenges they expect in the future.\r\n\r\n<strong>What is AIB all about?<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<em>Leslie Pettinger, AIB Past President:<\/em> So, for communities, it starts out as a beautification program, and we all understand the power of the flower. Beautiful containers make people smile and inspire pride in their community. While it starts out as a beautification program it becomes so much more, you educate your community, you share your best ideas that may work for your community and others across the country, you learn, you bring in economic development. AIB is an overall well-being program.\r\n\r\n<em>Jack Clasen, AIB President: <\/em>A community will usually hear about us through the parks department or a volunteer group. We visit the city and the community will show us around, giving us the highlights of what makes their community a great place to live. We give them an outsider evaluation, suggestions for improvements. They take it from there. We have a number of communities that have returned for 10, 15, even 20 years. The longer a community sticks with the program, the more they get out of it.\r\n\r\n<em>Delilah Onofrey, AIB Founder<\/em>: We want to elevate how great plants are. We want people to value plants, not just as some luxury you don\u2019t need, but as a cost-effective tool we can use to revitalize towns. Our plants happen to be the vehicle to broader community revitalization.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_242375\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-242375 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/E5880A5F-CC7C-4D85-B5D5-11F18A9D6438-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Crescent Garden at AIB 2022\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/> Barbara Wise representing Crescent Garden at the 2022 symposium alongside America In Bloom members.[\/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>What would you say have been AIB\u2019s biggest successes?<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<em>Delilah Onofrey, AIB Founder<\/em>: For me the longevity of AIB has blown me away. It\u2019s not just about planting once and walking away. Once the town and the people see what can be done, once they experience the results, the enthusiasm for the project becomes contagious. It shows people care and acts as a catalyst, so as new businesses start popping up it becomes about \u201cOf course, we need the best plants in the shopping center\u201d.\r\n\r\n<em>Leslie Pettinger, AIB Past President:<\/em> I think an ongoing success story is that every time a community participates in a symposium, and they meet with their advisor and share their best ideas with other communities, they have that aha moment of \u201cOh my gosh, that would work for us\u201d. They go back home. They get their community enthused. They implement. They come back next year. The success story is about learning something new, taking it home, and starting the cycle all over.\r\n\r\n<em>Jack Clasen, AIB President:<\/em> Whether it is a more beautiful community because of the floral displays or the landscaping, towns tell me their community pride has increased. They\u2019re planting more trees. They\u2019re thinking more about heritage. They\u2019re thinking more about partnerships with other communities. They\u2019re working together where they never did before. That to me is a big success. We are all volunteers. We get nothing out of this except the enjoyment of seeing communities get better.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_242378\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-242378 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Untitled-design-10.png\" alt=\"AIB Symposium 2022\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/> Plant installations help make small towns more vibrant and alive.[\/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>How did COVID impact AIB\u2019s approach?<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<em>Jack Clasen, AIB President:<\/em> I think COVID put our approach on hold. They key to our program are the personal visits by our advisors and the fact that communities get to look at themselves through a different set of eyes. It made us realize we cannot simply be an online program.\r\n\r\n<em>Leslie Pettinger, AIB Past President:<\/em> We had two years that we didn\u2019t meet in person. We still did the National Awards Program, communities did it virtually. But the piece we missed was the getting together. We\u2019re back finally.\r\n\r\n<em>Delilah Onofrey, AIB Founder<\/em>: COVID seemed like a good time to focus on developing self-assessments and certifications, which we didn\u2019t really have before. It was a useful moment to pause and evaluate.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_242377\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-242377 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_3483-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Plant installations in Downtowns. \" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/> As pandemic restrictions have eased, people are spending more time in their downtowns.[\/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>What challenges do you think small towns face? How can people help their towns improve and grow?<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<em>Jack Clasen, AIB President:<\/em> My view of small towns is that they are either improving or declining. There are the communities that will work together for improvement and progress, and there are the communities that will just continue to argue and sink. Communities need to set priorities and think about what makes people stay there and what would encourage a person to move there. What are people looking for? People are looking for a vibrant town. An active downtown. People can see when there is excitement in a town.\r\n\r\n<em>Leslie Pettinger, AIB Past President: <\/em>We\u2019ve found that people are spending more time in their downtowns, they're getting out a lot more now. Some of those small towns are actually growing because the people that used to commute from small towns to large cities are now working from home. So, small town populations are growing and thriving, and businesses are doing well. People can help their towns grow by volunteering, inspiring others to get involved, planting a plant, adopting a pot, and sharing in the good.\r\n\r\n<em>Delilah Onofrey, AIB Founder<\/em>: We are seeing more regional competition as people decide which towns they want to live in as they work remotely. Ultimately this is where communities can collaborate with AIB, so we may help towns put their best foot forward in this crazy changing world.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_242379\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-242379 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Untitled-design-11-1.png\" alt=\"City Plant Installations\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/> Plants are the path to progress. 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