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Apartment Garden Blues (Blog): 10 Super Cool Plant Pots

As a container gardener, I'm pretty boring when it comes to my plant pots. Give me some aged terra cotta pot and a pretty plant, and I'm in heaven! But I've been noticing a lot of really interesting containers recently - bright colors, different shapes, and even Medusa statues with burro's tail growing out of them like hair! Maybe I should broaden my horizons and go wild with my planters! I've compiled 10 of the most interesting plant pots I've seen recently. What do you think? What's the wildest container you've ever seen? Make sure to like BalconyContainerGardening.com on Facebook and share a picture or two!

 

Cool Plant Container

Cool Plant Container

Cool Plant Container

Cool Plant Container

Cool Plant Container

Cool Plant Container

Cool Plant Container

Cool Plant Container

Cool Plant Container

Cool Plant Container

 

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Alexandra is a professional writer from Southern California who grows vegetables, herbs, lots of aloe vera and one giant Boston fern in her balcony garden. She also grows dracaena, pothos and English ivy indoors. She loves traveling and birdwatching in addition to gardening.

Apartment Garden Blues (Blog): Orchids of the Spring Garden Show

This past weekend, if you went to South Coast Plaza mall in Costa Mesa, you were in a gardener's paradise! Huge crowds showed up for the 25th Annual Southern California Spring Garden Show (read more about the show here). At many of the 70 specialty vendors that set up shop at the 4-day show, there were orchids for sale. Check out these beautiful orchid photos from last weekend's Spring Garden Show. Many of them were as fragrant as they were beautiful!

 Orchid Flower Spring Garden Show 1

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Orchid Flower Spring Garden Show 10

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Orchid Flower Spring Garden Show 14

 

 

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Alexandra is a professional writer from Southern California who grows vegetables, herbs, lots of aloe vera and one giant Boston fern in her balcony garden. She also grows dracaena, pothos and English ivy indoors. She loves traveling and birdwatching in addition to gardening.

Apartment Garden Blues (Blog): Fairy Gardens at the Southern California Spring Garden Show

From April 24-27, 2014, South Coast Plaza mall was the home of the 25th Annual Southern California Spring Garden Show (read more about the show here). At many of the 70 specialty vendors, there were fairy garden products for sale and fairy garden displays. Check out some of the fairy gardens and fairy garden products at this year's Spring Garden Show! If you don't have a fairy garden already, I'm sure you'll want one by the end of this post!

 Fairy Garden Display

Fairy Garden Statue

Fairy Garden Statues

Fairy Garden Accessories for Sale in Pots

Fairy Garden with Gate and Fence

Garden Gnome with Bird

Sleepy Elfin Fairy

Tiny Fairy Garden Accessories

Fairy Garden in a Wooden Box

Girl Fairy in a Green Dress

 

Are you ready to start a fairy garden yet, and invite fairies to your balcony container garden? Read more about creating fairy gardens>>

 

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Alexandra is a professional writer from Southern California who grows vegetables, herbs, lots of aloe vera and one giant Boston fern in her balcony garden. She also grows dracaena, pothos and English ivy indoors. She loves traveling and birdwatching in addition to gardening.

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