Potting Plants Update:
This is what the potted plants looked like after growing a while. Please excuse the grass that has also grown a while lol.

Potting Plants 5 Steps to beautiful lasting flower pots

I had the privilege of learning how to pot flowers properly from a professional gardener/landscaper himself. I learned a few things that I never would have known and this year I have the nicest flower pots that I’ve ever had!

Here are the 5 steps to potting plants that I learned from a pro:

1) Make sure to put something in the bottom of the pot to allow drainage

plastic flower trays upside down
plastic pots inside large pot
styro foam chips
gravel with no fine material
you can use a combo of these if necessary

2) Pick a center piece, some colorful flowers and some plants that will trail over the edge

Center piece suggestions

purple spike/green spike plant
tall grasses
dracaena

Colorful plant suggestions

geraniums
celosia
petunias

Trailer plant suggestions

creeping jenny
potato vines
wave petunias
Dracaena

�3) Use good potting soil. You can combine with peat moss or some manure as well

fill the pot until full just below the edge of the pot
make sure the soil is compacted before planting to avoid it settling when watering
plant at proper depth – flush with the soil

4) Use a trowel or bare hands to open a hole for your plants

make sure to back-fill around your plants to avoid air pockets around the roots
make sure to plant so one plant won’t shade out another
tall in the middle down to trailers along edge of pot

5) Fertilize and water heavily when done�potting plants

a good granular slow release fertilizer to start or regular doses of miracle grow will work
make sure the soil is saturated to begin with and keep it moist throughout the season