Highlights: June 2007 Show

Potting Around: A Celebration of Container Gardening
Guest: Tom Brinda, Assistant Director, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
804.262.9887
www.lewisginter.org

Containers provide a terrific way for gardeners to enjoy plants regardless of the size of their garden.

Be sure to allow for drainage in your containers. Gravel or broken pieces of clay pots can be put in the bottom of any container to prevent roots from sitting in standing water.

Use a good potting mix for container plants to stimulate plant growth and guard against soil borne diseases.

Don’t be afraid to use stakes or trellises in your containers to add height to the planting.

Many gardeners start with permanent woody ornamentals in their containers and supplement them with annuals for seasonal color.

When exposed to the summer heat, container gardens will require more frequent watering than traditional in-ground gardens.

Bremo Trees
Guest: Woody Cumbo, Bremo Trees
P.O. Box 128
Bremo Bluff, VA 23022
434.842.8733
bremotrees@cstone.net
www.bremotrees.com

Bremo Trees is a wholesale tree nursery.

Field grown trees are excavated using a tree spade, then their root balls are wrapped in burlap and placed in wire baskets.

Wire baskets protect the root ball during shipment and planting.

Once placed in the planting hole, clip away or bend basket back by one-third and cut away the burlap.

Plant all trees so that the crown is above grade. Planting too deeply is a leading cause of tree decline.

Stake newly planted trees and leave stakes in place for six months to one year. This will give the roots time to grow into the surrounding oil.