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April Container Gardening Recipe 2022

The warm weather has arrived. Here is the perfect planter to soak up the heat! The mixture of warm tones and hot colors creates that tropical feel, and the copper-toned pot adds a touch of glamour. Of course, this combo would look fabulous in just about any container. Although this recipe uses full-sun plants, a little afternoon shade will help keep it blooming until the next frost.


1. Canna Lily’s large tropical leaves and tall, striking blooms thrill.

2. Bronze Coleus fills in with nice contrasting color and texture from the canna leaves.

3. Sunpatiens will fill and spill with bright blooms covering the plant.

4. Gold Lantana is a hardy heat-loving bloomer that will bring in the butterflies.

Design tip: If your planter is against a wall, place the canna lilies in the back. For a pot seen from all sides, plant in a centered format.

SHOP The APRIL CONTAINER GARDENING RECIPE

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March Container Gardening Recipe 2022

Our March Container Gardening Recipe is Colors For Peace and you don’t have to wait for your sunflowers to bloom to show your colors of support! Try this sunny yellow and blue container garden recipe. These springtime favorites are in bloom at the garden center right now. And for your landscape, Blue Plumbago and Lantana New Gold or Sunshine Ligustrum with Blue My Mind down in front make great combinations.


1. Gazania’s large bright blooms look like miniature sunflowers.

2. African Iris will thrill with its tall grass and springtime blue, yellow, and white blooms.

3. Merconia Gold Dust is a nice texture change with their dainty flowers.

4. Kalancho is so beautiful and bright, filling in perfectly.

5. Blue my Mind is a perennial favorite that will perform well in pots!

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SHOP The MARCH CONTAINER GARDENING RECIPE

For comprehensive solutions to your specific lawn, garden, and landscaping needs, contact Earth Works of Jacksonville online or at 904-996-0712. Earth Works operates a retail Garden Center/Plant Nursery in Jacksonville and provides landscaping, hardscaping, water features, lawn care service, lawn spraying, and drainage solutions. 

Earth Works proudly serves clients in Northeast Florida, including Jacksonville, Ponte Vedra Beach, Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach, Jacksonville Beach, Nocatee, St. Johns, Fleming Island, Orange Park, Middleburg, Green Cove Springs, Amelia Island, Fernandina, and St. Augustine.

February Container Gardening Recipe 2022

February’s Container Gardening Recipe includes some cool weather full sun favorites and specialty choices. Using shades of pink surrounding a striking white spike of Delphinium makes a pretty-in-pink combo. When temperatures rise, if this combo gets some afternoon shade, it will last further into the season.
1. Pink Geraniums make a perfect filler with large bright booms.
2. Supertunia Bubblegum is a prolific bloomer and works as a filler and spiller!
3. Delphinium, with its tall, striking blooms, is a great early spring thriller.
4. Lamium Purple Chablis gives a unique texture with silvery leaves and fluffy lavender blooms that can overflow beautifully.

For comprehensive solutions to your specific lawn, garden, and landscaping need, contact Earth Works of Jacksonville online and at 904-996-0712. Earth Works operates a retail Garden Center/Plant Nursery in Jacksonville and provides landscaping, hardscaping, water features, lawn care service, lawn spraying, and drainage solutions. 

Earth Works proudly serves clients in Northeast Florida, including Jacksonville, Ponte Vedra Beach, Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach, Jacksonville Beach, Nocatee, St. Johns, Fleming Island, Orange Park, Middleburg, Green Cove Springs, Amelia Island, Fernandina, and St. Augustine.

January Container Gardening Recipe 2022

January Container Gardening Recipe

Introducing A New Monthly Feature
Container Gardening – a recipe for happiness!
Each month be sure to check out our latest recipe.

Our first recipe is a full sun cool weather planter.
This recipe follows the basic concept of combining “thrillers, fillers, and spillers.”
Thrillers are the dramatic tall plants, fillers the mid-size plants that will grow in nicely, and spillers are blooming or vining plants that will “spill “over the edge of your planter.

1. Angelonia, an upright bloomer, is placed at the back of the pot.

2. Ornamental Cabbage adds color and fills the mid-space perfectly.

3. Alyssum will continue to bloom and grow, flowing over the edge of the container.

For comprehensive solutions to your specific lawn, garden, and landscaping need, contact Earth Works of Jacksonville online or at 904-996-0712. Earth Works operates a retail Garden Center/Plant Nursery in Jacksonville and provides landscaping, hardscaping, water features, lawn care service, lawn spraying, and drainage solutions. 

Earth Works proudly serves clients in Northeast Florida, including Jacksonville, Ponte Vedra Beach, Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach, Jacksonville Beach, Nocatee, St. Johns, Fleming Island, Orange Park, Middleburg, Green Cove Springs, Amelia Island, Fernandina, and St. Augustine.

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