Potted plants are being used more and more as a part of both the indoor and outdoor landscape. Trees, shrubs, flowers and house plants all need sunlight or a good substitute source of light to do well.
Water is also essential to move the nutrients from the soil into all parts of the plant.
Water also distributes the plants food manufactured in the leaves during photosynthesis to various parts of the plant. I think most gardeners are aware of the fact that not all conditions are always favorable for growing potted plants. For success, you must first develop an understanding of the individual requirements of plants growing in the unnatural environment of a container. As soon as the weather warms a bit more, you should begin thinking about getting new plants, repotting old ones or simply moving some to the outdoor environment for the summer. A great number of problems can be controlled if you adopt the following practices this summer.