Bea Broda: Today we are going to discover how to create spectacular proto plants that thrive and looked beautiful all season long.
As you can see we are at the Toronto Zoo and you know that it has a fantastic range of animals but I bet you did not know, it also has one of the world’s best collections of plants.
Hi, Jennifer!
Jennifer Reynolds: Hi Bea
Bea Broda: How do we get started?
Jennifer Reynolds: The first thing you have to do is choose a pot that has a drainage hole. I did not do that, I chose a basket and it has lost of space in it, so I blinded it with a plastic bag and I just poke holes in the bottom. Because the last thing you want is for your plants to be to wet.
Another tip is to start with a great soil. This is Miracle Grow Moisture Control potting mix and it has things like pearl light and pit moss and it even has plant food. But the best thing is that it has a coconut fiber in it so it actually helps to treat the plants moist throughout the summer. So you do not have to water it as often.
Bea Broda: I love that idea.
Jennifer Reynolds: We are going to start with something tall in the center and I love these daffodils, the bulbs are a beautiful thing to have in the middle of the spring basket. What I love to do is mix all kinds of different things in the basket. Bulbs, shrubs, perennials, annuals and when you are done with the planters in the basket, you can also put them in your garden afterwards and I love these Hydrangea it has this big flowers on it so, mix it with things that are upright, large flowers and then think of the color combinations. This pink with the orange Begonia is so pretty, I just love the way they all work. I am adding in some of the cooler colors like that. Pretty Campanula.
It is not gorgeous; that is pretty perennial that looks great in the garden too and then always grounding things out with some choco plants. This is a gorgeous sharp your screen in and it always brings in all the colors together and in spilled over the side of the planter.
Bea Broda: You make it looks so easy.
Jennifer Reynolds: Roses.
Jennifer Reynolds: And this is a great project to do with the kids; kids loves to help. There is the last piece right there, we are all over done.
Bea Broda: It is breath taking.
Jennifer Reynolds: Thank you.
Bea Broda: What do we have to do to keep it looking this vibrant all season?
Jennifer Reynolds: Well you can use a liquid fertilizer every one to two weeks so over this fertilizer like checking feeds once for the whole season and let it keep it looking great.
Bea Broda: It looks like you are only need a trip to your local botanical garden or the zoo to get the inspiration you need to get started.
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