Time for a Little Pot-in-Pot Creativity

March 23, 2010 by Rick

If you want to change your annuals in your containers with the season or change them with Easter Lilies and maybe hardy mums in the fall and poinsettias at Christmas try this method.

Reasons to use this method:

  1. where you have container perennials and want to add seasonal annuals
  2. where you have container perennials and want to add holiday poinsettias
  3. where you have container perennials and don’t want disturb the root systems
  4. where you have container perennials and want move them to a different location and change the color theme with a different annual
  5. where you want to save time in refreshing your containers
  6. where you want to add a tender annual before the last frost free date and have the option to lift and protect it
  7. where you need the ability to experiment with color in the design

Here is the link to the earlier Pot-in-Pot for Container Gardening post with more images and ideas.

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Comments (6) -

November 15. 2009 01:13

You're always full of good ideas.  I'm trying to use more containers and this would make it so easy to change 'em up.  Thanks!

NanaK

November 15. 2009 01:53

Thanks Rick!  This is a great idea, and just in time because I am going to be potting up some new plants in the next week or so.  This solves a problem for me, which has been how to remove one plant from a multi-plant pot without damaging or disturbing the other plants.

Perfect solution!

Gardendipity

November 16. 2009 19:27

I have a row of 20 pansies lining one of my front beds. (Glad I planted them, because they are the ONLY color in that bed now!) When they go, they will most definitely be replaced by pot in pot. I've been looking for a good opportunity to do that since I read it here months ago, and this is perfect. Especially since the holes are aleady dug!

Penny Carnathan

November 16. 2009 19:32

Oops, I just watched the video and I see you've added a pot-in-pot twist. For the record, I was referring to your original idea. Here's the link (to those of you who may not have seen it -- it's ingenious.)
floridafriendlyplants.com/.../Pot-in-Pot.aspx

Penny Carnathan

November 17. 2009 03:34

Penny,
I wonder how many other people have actually tried Pot-in-Pot? Once you try it gardening just seems to get easier especially if you plant in a difficult spot. (Florida) Will you use a drip irrigation kit with it?

Rick

November 22. 2009 02:23

Thanks for a great tip! I'm a beginner gardener and have yet to try pot-in-pot.

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