{"id":10216,"date":"2011-05-10T23:52:43","date_gmt":"2011-05-11T06:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10216"},"modified":"2011-05-10T23:52:43","modified_gmt":"2011-05-11T06:52:43","slug":"plant-pots-that-push-the-boat-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/tips\/plant-pots-that-push-the-boat-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant Pots that Push the Boat Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Scarborough by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/5705915989\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2670\/5705915989_48738e9119.jpg\" alt=\"Scarborough\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If bunches of flowers can be arranged in a wide variety of containers and vases why not growing plants.<\/p>\n<p>I liked this boat on a wall at Scarborough which was cheerfully full of Pansies. The variegated Ivy provided a bit of light green colour and texture and even the plastic sunflower was not out of place.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Tips for Unusual Plant Holders<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> If you make a creative container ensure there is drainage so plants do not drown. I guess these boats were holed below the plimsoll line!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Containers under the eaves of houses or in a rain shadow from the wall will need watering more frequently.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensure the container can hold enough compost or soil for a good root run.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Use water retaining gel or special container compost.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Pick of dead flowerheads to encourage new blooms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/com.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10217\" title=\"HMS Marigold\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/com.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/com.jpg 448w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/com-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This boat was in a park at Ross on Wye and it would be hard to tend the plants in the middle as the boat was quite large. It creates a whole new mean to houseboat as this is a real gardenboat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/garden-equipment-tips\/collecting-containers-tips-for-garden-pots\/\"> Collecting Containers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/vegetables-herbs\/growing-vegetables-in-containers-now\/\">Growing Veg in containers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If bunches of flowers can be arranged in a wide variety of containers and vases why not growing plants. I liked this boat on a wall at Scarborough which was cheerfully full of Pansies. The variegated Ivy provided a bit of light green colour and texture and even the plastic sunflower was not out of place. Tips for Unusual Plant Holders If you make a creative container ensure there is drainage so plants do not drown. I guess these boats&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/tips\/plant-pots-that-push-the-boat-out\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[176,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-garden-equipment-tips","category-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10216\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}