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Container Garden
Container Garden
Annuals
Annuals suitable for containers include:
Alyssum -- Carpet of Snow, Royal Carpet, Rosie O'Day
Begonia (Wax) -- Glamour, White Christmas, Othello
Browallia -- Blue Bells
Coleus - Red Monarch, Fashion Parade, Magic Lace
Cuphea -- Firefly
Geraniums -- Most varieties
Impatiens - Tangeglow, Elfin Hybrids, Imp Hybrids, Blitz
Latana -- Yellow Compacta, White Compacta
Lobelia -- Blue Cascade, Sapphire
Marigolds -- Dwarf French, Panther, Queen Sophia, Boy Series
Periwinkle (Vinca rosea) -- Little Bright Eyes, Little Blanche, Little Pinkie
Nasturtiums -- Gleam Series
Pansies -- Mammoth Giants
Petunias -- Cascade Hybrids, Comanche, Bernese Hybrids
Salvia -- Carabiniere Hybrids, Saint John's Fire, Victoria
Sanvitalia -- Gold Braid
Snapdragons -- Floral Carpet
Thunbergia -- Susie Mix
Torenia -- Mixed colors
Verbena -- Amethyst, Blaze, Sparkle Mixed Colors
Zinnias -- Button Series, Chippendale
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Vegetables
Small salad green such as oak leaf lettuce and mustard cress, or vegetables such as silver beet, which have a quick maturing period are ideal. You may be able to get several crops of a quick maturing vegetable from your container. Cherry tomatoes and other fruiting vegetables, including peppers or eggplant can be easily grown in containers, as can root vegetables such as baby carrots, radishes or spring onions. Try planting quick-growing small herbs and leaf lettuces around you larger fruiting vegetables.
VEGETABLE TYPE OF CONTAINER RECOMMENDED VARIETIES
Beans, Snap <../Vegetables/beans.htm> 5 gal. Windowbox Bush Romano, Bush Blue Lake, Tender Crop, Royal Burgundy
Beans, Lima 5 gal. Windowbox Henderson Bush, Jackson, Wonder Bush
Beets <../Vegetables/beets.htm> 5 gal. Windowbox Little Egypt, Early Red Ball, Early Wonder, Detroit Dark Red, Boltardy, Burpee Golden
Broccoli <../Vegetables/broccoli.htm> 1 plant/5 gal. pot 3 plants/15 gal. tub Green Comet, DeCicco, Spartan, Italian Green Sprouting
Brussels Sprouts <../Vegetables/brussels.htm> 1 plant/5 gal. pot 2 plants/15 gal. tub Jade Cross, Long Island Improved
Cabbage <../Vegetables/cabbage.htm> 1 plant/5 gal. pot 3 plants/15 gal. tub Dwarf Modern, Red Ace, Early Jersey Wakefield, Little Leaguer, Earliana, Copenhagen Market, Ruby Ball Hybrid, Red Head Hybrid
Chinese Cabbage <../Vegetables/chinesecabbage.htm> 1 plant/5 gal. pot 3 plants/15 gal. tub Michihili, Burpee Hybrid
Carrot <../Vegetables/carrots.htm> 5 gal. Windowbox at least 12" deep Short & Sweet, Danvers Half Long, Tiny Sweet, Baby Finger Nantes, Goldenhart, Little Finger, Royal or Red Cored Chantenay, Ox Hart, Baby Finger
Cucumber <../Vegetables/vines.htm> 1 plant/gal. pot Patio Pik, Spacemaster, Pot Luck, Bush Whopper, Bush Champion, Burpee Hybrid, Salad Bush, Parks Burpless Bush, Burpless Early Pik
Eggplant <../Vegetables/eggplant.htm> 3 gal. pot Slim Jim, Ichiban, Black Beauty, Modern Midget, Mission Bell, Small Ruffled Red, Thai Green, Bambino
Garlic <../herbs/garlic.htm> 8-inch deep container Most Varieties
Lettuce <../Vegetables/greens.htm> 5 gal. Windowbox Salad Bowl, Ruby, Grand Rapids, Oak Leaf, Buttercrunch, Dark Green Boston, Little Gem, Bibb
Onion <../Vegetables/onions.htm> 5 gal. Windowbox White Sweet Spanish, Yellow Sweet Spanish
Pepper <../Vegetables/peppers.htm> 1 plant/2 gal. pot 5 plants/15 gal. tub Sweet Banana, Yolo Wonder, Long Red Cayenne, Bell Boy, Keystone Resistant, California Wonder, New Ace, Red Cherry, Long Red Cayenne, Jalapeno, Thai Hot
Radish 5 gal. Windowbox Cherry Belle, Icicle, Champion, Scarlet Globe
Spinach <../Vegetables/greens.htm> 5 gal. Windowbox Dark Green Bloomsdale, Melody, America, Avon Hybrid
Squash <../Vegetables/vines.htm> 2 gal. pot Scallopini, Baby Crookneck, Creamy, Golden Nugget, Gold Rush, Zucchini (most varieties)
Tomatoes <../Vegetables/tomatoes.htm> Bushel baskets 5 gal. pots Tiny Tim, Small Fry, Sweet 100, Patio, Burpee's Pixie, Toy Boy, Early Girl, Better Boy VFN, Pixie, Red Robin, Sugar Lump, Tumblin' Tom (hanging baskets)
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