Container Before and After

What a difference a summer makes

Cherry Ong has shared these photos of acontainershe make for her garden in Richmond , British Columbia , last summertime . She used a enceinte container , about 32 inches in diameter , from her favorite reference , Pot Inc. , and planted it up with all kinds of beautiful plant life , with a heavy stress on dandy foliage and flowers playing a supporting role .

Here is the container fresh planted up . It includesFuchsia‘Hawkhead ’ ( zone 7–10),Fuchsia‘Gartenmeister Bonstedt ’ ( zone 9–10),Fuchsia‘Autumnale ’ ( Zones 10–11),Aeonium‘Velour ’ ( Zones 10–11),Aeoniumarboretum(Zones 10–11),Aeonium‘Mardi Gras ’ ( Zones 10–11),Aeonium‘Kiwi ’ ( Zones 10–11),Salviaofficinalis‘Icterina ’ ( zona 4–10),Euphorbia‘Diamond Snow ’ ( Zones 10–11),Seneciomandraliscae(blue chalksticks , Zones 9–11),Sedumnussbaumerianum(coppertone stonecrop , Zones 9–11),Kalanchoetomentosa‘Chocolate Soldier ’ ( zone 10–11 ) , andLantana‘Royale Pina Colada ’ ( zona 8–11 ) .

In the same newly planted container , dark - foliaged succulents and fuchsias contrast with their lighter and amber - variegated counterparts .

And from the other side , the variegated sage really see amazing .

Here ’s what the combo front like after it had senesce at the end of the summertime !

The fuchsias really got immense over the summer , and they look so beneficial with all the succulent .

This was definitely a successful planting invention !

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