If you look carefully, you will notice container plants abound. Gardens to Go is a great example. Keep in mind that a lovely magazine, that irresistible read full of timely gardening information for folks to take home and use right now, is purposely made to sell fantasy along with a few ads. So let's be just a bit realistic for just a moment. I thought not.
Containers can be plain or fancy, classical or funky.
They can fill a gap, replace a laggard, change a color, add some texture, add some height, add some impact, change the mood. Best of all, they're portable. Immediate, easy, relatively cheap and effective for a good three months at a time, no matter where you live. It's garden magic, plain and simple. Some of the plants can be recycled as perennials into the garden, others must be recycled through the compost heap when their time is up, but they are all so endearing they earn their place regardless.