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Whether they’re welcoming visitors to your front porch, lining a walkway, or decorating a deck or arbor, giant hanging baskets make big impact! Here’s the best part: They’re surprisingly simple to make, easy on the wallet and, when they’re planted and cared for properly, they can provide continuous beauty throughout spring and summer.
Learn how to
plant a hanging basket, and remember to use
Osmocote® Plus Outdoor & Indoor Plant Food to give your plants the steady nutrition they need for optimal health and stunning color!
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Pot-bound plants are completely dependent on you. But when you follow the
basic rules of container gardening, you’ll discover a wonderfully rewarding way to grow! Add beauty, color and curb appeal to small spaces, lifeless entryways and boring patios by following these four tips to success: Buy a good planter, get the right potting soil, water and use a great fertilizer. A dose of
Osmocote® Plus Outdoor & Indoor Plant Food will help give your potted plants the nutrients they need throughout the season, proving that you can’t stop garden beauty, even when it’s contained!
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Featured Plant |
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Ivy-leaved geranium |
Botanical Plant Name:
Pelargonium peltatum
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If you’re looking for an eye-catching bloomer that spills beautifully over the edges of window boxes and containers, this is your plant!
Ivy-leaved geranium bears fleshy, deep-green, five-lobed leaves on long lax stems and clusters of red, orange, pink, salmon, lavender or white flowers. It does best in cool sun and fertile, humus-rich, well-drained soil. In hot climates, give it several hours of midday and afternoon shade. A dose of
Osmocote® Plus Outdoor & Indoor Plant Food at the time of planting will help keep it nutrient-fed and performing its best.
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