A bit of spice

Take a look at these hot combos that all add a hint of ‘unusual’ to the mix

Cypress Sensation
A mix like this will hold its form, color and shape all summer long. It’s wispy and feminine, with a punch of formal black. The container here was chosen to accent Black Velvet petunia. No need to cover the pot!

Ingredients:

  • Breathless white Euphorbia
  • Licorice helichrysum
  • Aztec Magic dark pink verbena
  • Grass Cyperus alternifolius Wild Spike
  • Black Velvet petunia



Culinary Herbs

Here’s a decorative way to keep often-used kitchen herbs within easy reach! This combo will soon fill with fragrant rosemary, chives and sage.

Ingredients:

  • Herb chives onion
  • Herb salvia-sage
  • Herb rosemary



Strawberry Salad
A fresh - and edible - mixed container, featuring a mix of lettuce blends and sweet strawberries. Delectable indeed!

Ingredients:

  • Gourmet blend lettuce
  • Little Caesar lettuce
  • Heatwave Blend lettuce
  • Berri Basket Pink Strawberry



I’ve Got Rhythm

A big impact for large-size containers. This combo has the height and color you’re looking for! Petunia Rhythm and Blues is a stand-out, and the tall Salvia Mystic Spires Blue adds more impressiveness.

Ingredients:

  • Butterfly Argyranthemum
  • Lysimachia nummularia Goldilocks
  • Mystic Spire blue salvia
  • Fantasia Flame zonal geranium
  • Rhythm And Blues petunia

 

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May 2012
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