To begin with your patio, look carefully at the conditions. That s the first determinate of the plants you can grow. If you re planting under a pergola, choose shade-loving plants. If the patio bakes in the sun, choose sun-loving plants that also are drought tolerant. Colorado pots in a sunny location dry out quickly.
Drainage is essential.
Always check to see that there are holes in the bottom of a pot. If not, you must either drill holes, insert a liner with holes that is placed on a bed of pebbles to absorb excess water or use the pots strictly for water plants. She ll have 100 pots to attend to in the South African garden. Some pots, like the oil jars, are giants. Others, containing tiny cacti and succulents, are diminutive.