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article: Container Water Gardens
Container Water Gardens
If you don’t have a large area for a huge water garden, you can create a small
water garden right on the patio or the deck of your home. You will need to make
sure that your porch or deck is in good condition and that it can hold the
weight of the size of the water garden that you want to build but most likely
any size small container that you are going to use will hold fine. You can use
multiple containers and build a large water garden without having to dig in your
yard if you like by completing these steps more than once.
One of the first things that you are going to need to do is decide what size and
type of container you would like to use. Small buckets with large areas on the
top, or wooden barrels that you can put plastic in or tubs that are used to wash
dogs are always great choices and you can decorate them as well. Any type and
size of pot, basin, bowl, or jug is going to enable you to have a water garden
that you can enjoy.
For the small water garden on your deck or patio, your containers should be
about a foot wide so that you have room for a few types of plants to grow. The
container that will hold about five or ten gallons of water would be optimal.
Some containers that you can easily put water in without having to decorate them
too much would be large bowls, tubs, barrels, plastic planters or terra cotta
containers.
You are going to be limited in your space. Choose at most, three types of plants
that you want to grow in the water garden. Putting these plants in the container
that you have chosen and filling it with water you are going to be creating the
optimal water garden space that will produce flowers and fragrance for your
enjoyment. While the water garden is not huge and will not hold fish, you can
start this small water garden and just about forget about it! Be sure to make a
mental note to add water at certain times of the summer so that the water in the
container does not totally evaporate and so your plants have fresh water every
so often.
Start with a plant that you are going to use as the eye catcher, one that is
going to be the focal point of the container garden and work around that. The
focal point could be the largest plant, the assortment of colors or just the
point of the container that is most often seen. If the container will be on a
corner of the porch, the focal point might be the side of the container that is
actually further most from the onlooker because you will see that portion of the
container more.
You can grow floating water vegetables in the container just as you would grow
water lilies and blooming surface plants. Be sure to explore your options in
water garden plants and have fun with it!

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