Our staff planted up some truly stunning pots this season—and now it’s time for you to vote for your favorite
The grass is green , the snort are singing , and for our magazine editor program that can only mean one thing : It ’s clock time to imbed our container . This year the stave ofFine Gardeningturned their favorite garden chore into a friendly competition . They designed and planted up individual containers , filming the total process for your viewing pleasance . In this video you will not only get style and works pick breathing in for your own containers , but you will also have the chance to vote for your favored design .
Scroll down to see our finished container and decide which competitor won theFine GardeningGreat Garden - Container Challenge . The winner will be announced in mid - July .
Vote here!
The Contestants
Container 1
Designer : Carol Collins , associate editor
Plant list
Wabi - Sabi ® doublefile genus Viburnum ( Viburnum plicatumvar.tomentosum‘SMVPTFD ’ , Zones 5–8 )
‘ Aureola ’ Japanese woods grass ( Hakonechloa macra‘Aureola ’ , Zones 5–9 )
Holy Smokes! ® calibrachoa ( Calibrachoa‘BBCAL85805 ’ , yearly )
Japanese paint fern ( Athyrium niponicumvar.pictum , Zones 3–8 )
Container 2
graphic designer : Stephanie Fagan , executive nontextual matter director
Giant elephant ’s capitulum ( Colocasia gigantea , geographical zone 9–11 )
‘ Diamond Frost ’ euphorbia ( Euphorbia‘Diamond Frost ’ , annual )
‘ Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Lime ’ ( Ipomoea‘Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Lime ’ , annual )
‘ Feather Falls ’ sedge ( Carex oshimensis‘Feather Falls ’ , Zones 5–9 )
Kong ® Red coleus ( Plectranthus scutellarioides‘Kakegawa CE12 ’ , Zone 11 )
Bandana ® Pink Improved lantana ( Lantana camara‘Bant Pin09 ’ , Zones 9–11 )
‘ nuptials string ’ coleus ( Plectranthus scutellarioides‘Wedding Train ’ , Zone 11 )
Container 3
Designer : Steve Aitken , former editor in chief at with child
‘ Tidal Pool ’ salvia ( Salvia nemorosa‘Tidal Pool ’ , Zones 3–8 )
‘ Powis Castle ’ artemisia ( Artemisia‘Powis Castle ’ , Zones 4–9 )
‘ Superbells Yellow ’ calibrachoa ( Calibrachoa‘Superbells Yellow ’ , yearly )
violent cabbage ( Brassica oleraceacv . , yearly )
Licorice works ( Helichrysum petiolare , zona 9–11 )
‘ Summer Sunshine ’ germander ( Teucrium chamaedrys‘Summer Sunshine ’ , Zones 4–8 )
Mealy dispirited sage ( Salvia farinacea , Zones 7–10 )
Container 4
Designer : Danielle Sherry , executive editor in chief
‘ Delta Dawn ’ heuchera ( Heuchera‘Delta Dawn ’ , Zones 4–9 )
Golden Scotch moss ( Sagina subulata‘Aurea ’ , zone 4–8 )
‘ Autumnale ’ fuchsia ( Fuchsia‘Autumnale ’ , Zones 10–11 )
‘ Kumquat ’ nemesia ( Nemesia‘Kumquat ’ , yearly )
‘ Visions in Red ’ astilbe ( Astilbe chinensis‘Visions in Red ’ , Zones 4–8 )
Rex begonia ( Begonia rexcv . , Zones 10–11 )
Formosan money plant life ( Pilea peperomioides , zone 9–11 )
Red Abyssinian banana ( Ensete maurelii , Zones 9–11 )
Voting will go until July 17th , 2022 . A succeeder will be annunciate on our internet site and on our social channels .
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