Garden containers, plants, and 2014 garden trends

1. Containers –
Not Just for
Geraniums Any
More!
Terri James,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Extension Assistant

2. Why Containers?
 Continued
color
 Seasonal Interest
 Color
 Texture
 Form
 Space
 Easy
 Versatile

3. Lots of my favorites!
& some new one’s to try!

4. Abutilon – Flowering Maple
 Voodoo
 Fairy
Coral Red
 Melon Sorbet

5. Acalypha - Copperleaf

6. Acalypha - Copperleaf
 Sizzle
Scissors
 Beyond Paradise

7. Alternenthera – Joseph’s Coat

8. Something New for 2014 …
 White
Knight™
Alyssum




Fall interest
Long blooming
Heat tolerant
Attracts bees &
butterflies

9. Something New for 2014 …
 Angelface®
Wedgwood Blue
Angelonia hybrid



Fragrant foliage
Long blooming
Heat tolerant

10. Begoina -

11. Begoina  Baby
wing
 Angle wing
 Bonfire
 Big series
 Green & bronze
leaf

12. Something New For 2014 …
 Begonia


Surefire™
Red
Rose
 Heat
tolerant
 Rebloomer
 Sun & shade

13. Something New For 2014 …
 Superbells®
Calibrachoa


Spicy
Pomegranate
Punch

14. Canna
floridata.com
images.mooseyscountrygarden.com
missouriplants.com

15. Something New From 2013 …

16. Carex - Sedges
mountaincrestgardens.com
calfloranursery.com
anniesannuals.com

17. Cleome – Not the Old
Fashioned

18. Coleus -

19. Colacasia – Elephant Ear

20. Colacasia – Elephant Ear
 Blackstem
 Jack’s
Giant

21. Cordyline
 Red
mooseyscountrygarden.com
Star
pendernursery.com

22. Cuphea – Cigar Plant

23. Cuphea – Cigar Plant
 Firecracker
 Batface
 Mexican
Heather
 Caribbean Sunset
extension.iastate.edu
mexicohorse.com
monchesfarm.com

24. Eragrostis – Love Grass
 Wind
Dancer
 Purple Love Grass

25. chilternseeds.co.uk
flickr.com
Erigeron –
Mexican Daisy

26. Eupatorium – Elegant Feather

27. Euphorbia  Diamond

Frost
Breathless Blush

28. pendernursery.com
Gaura o
clwa.org
Ballerina Rose

29. Geranium -

30. Something New For 2014 …
 Timeless™





Geranium
Deep Red
Orange
Pink
Rose
Lavender

31. Something New For 2014 …
 Boldly™





Geranium
Burgundy
Dark Red
Hot Pink
Lavender Rose
Scarlet Fire

32. Hibicus - Annual
o
Maple Sugar

33. Impatiens  Various
colors
 Fusion series

Exotic Sunset

34. Ipomoea – Sweet Potato Vine

35. Ipomoea – Sweet Potato Vine

36. Lantana -

37. Lantana  Lucky
series
 Red Hot
 Peach
 Flame
 Bandana Red

38. Melinis – Ruby Grass

39. Millet  Jester
 Jade
Princess
 Purple Barron
hortgardenstoday.blogspot.com

40. Musa / Ensete – Banana

41. Pennisetum – Fountain Grasses
 Purple
Fountain
 Bunny tails
 Prince
 Princess

42. Something New for 2014 …
 Graceful
Grasses®
'Fireworks'
Variegated Red
Fountain


Heat tolerant
24-30”

43. Pentas -

44. Ornamental Peppers -

45. Osteospermum
 Asti




Series
White
Lavender
Purple
Asti Mix

46. Perilla – Beefsteak Plant

47. Perilla – Beefsteak Plant
 Magilla
Purple
 Magilla Vanilla

48. Something New For 2014 …
 Supertunia® Petunia


Flamingo
Orchid Charm

49. Plectranthus - Spurflowers
 Variegated
 Silver
Shield
 Mona Lavender
 Swedish Ivy

50. Purslane
davesgarden.com
flickr.com

51. Rudbeckia  Cherry
Brandy
ozarksgardens.com
martinseebergardendesign.co.uk

52. Salvia  Black-n-Blue
 Dancing
Flame
 Evolution – AAS Winner
 Summer Jewel Red &
Pink

AAS winners

53. Stipta – Ponytail Grass

54. Something New For 2014 …
 Sundaze®
Blaze
Strawflower –
Bracteantha hybrid

55. Strobilanthes – Persian Shield

56. Talinum paniculatum - Limòn
whiteflowerfarm.com

57. Something New for 2014 …
 Catalina®
Grape-OLicious Wishbone
Flower Torenia
hybrid



Long blooming
Heat tolerant
No deadheading

58. Verbena -

59. Something New for 2014 …
 Superbena®
Verbena



Royale Plum Wine
Royale Whitecap
Violet Ice

60. Zinnia  Profusion
Series

61. Now that a have your list!
What are you going to do with all of these
plants?

62. Something New for 2014 …

63.  All-America
Selection
 Grimes
 Proven Winners
 Colorado State
Annual Trails
 Social Media



Pinterest
Facebook
Twitter
Something New
for 2014 …
Where to find the latest &
greatest?

64. All-America
Selection
Come visit us!

All-americaselections.org

65. All-America Selection - 2014
 Flower
Award
Winner -Angelonia
Serenita™ Pink F1

66. All-America Selection - 2014
 Vegetable
Award
Winner -Bean Mascotte

67. All-America Selection - 2014
 Vegetable
Award
Winner -Cucumber Pick a
Bushel F1
 Regional Winner

68. All-America Selection - 2014
 Bedding
Plant
Award Winner -Gaura Sparkle
White

69. All-America Selection - 2014
 Bedding
Plant
Award Winner -Impatiens New
Guinea Florific™
Sweet Orange F1

70. All-America Selection - 2014
 Bedding
Plant
Award Winner -Ornamental
Pepper NuMex
Easter

71. All-America Selection - 2014
 Bedding
Plant
Award Winner -Osteospermum
Akila® Daisy White
F1

72. All-America Selection - 2014
 Flower
Award
Winner Penstemon
Arabesque™ Red
F1
 Regional Winner

73. All-America Selection - 2014
 Vegetable
Award
Winner -- Pepper
Mama Mia Giallo
F1

74. All-America Selection - 2014
 Bedding
Plant
Award Winner -Petunia African
Sunset F1

75. All-America Selection - 2014
 AAS
Vegetable
Award Winner -Radish Rivoli
 Regional Winner

76. All-America Selection - 2014
 AAS
Vegetable
Award Winner -Tomato Chef's
Choice Orange F1

77. All-America Selection - 2014
 AAS
Vegetable
Award Winner -Tomato Fantastico
F1

78. All-America Selection - 2014
 AAS
Vegetable
Award Winner -Tomato Mountain
Merit F1
 Regional Winner

79. All-America Selection - 2013




Canna, South Pacific
Scarlet
Echinacea,
Cheyenne Spirit
Geranium, Pinto
Premium White to
Rose
Tomato, Jasper F¹




Melon, Melemon
Watermelon, Harvest
Moon
Zinnia, Profusion
Double Deep
Salmon
Zinnia, Profusion
Double Hot Cherry

80. BYF Garden AAS Plants

81. Also look for Perennials!

Nebraska Statewide Arboretum


Perennial Plant Association




Great Plants®
Perennial Plant of the Year
Plant Select®
All-America Rose Selections
American Hosta Society

82. Something New for 2014 …
 Great





Plants Program 2014 Winners
Showy Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida var. speciosa)
Tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera)
Korean fir(Abies koreana)
Purple beautyberry(Callicarpa dichomata)
Gray’s sedge(Carex grayi)

83. How to Create
Show Stopping
Containers!
For all Four Seasons!

84. Planning


Find great containers
Use good potting soil


Bark, peat moss,
pearlite, vermiculite
Use a slow release
fertilizer



For big pots use a
filler in the bottom
Mulch, cans,
Styrofoam peanuts
Use hardscape items


Trellis, obelisk, woody
stems
Steal ideas!

85. Something New For 2014 …
 Think

Color
Pantone color
of the year
 Radiant
Orchid

87. When planting
think
o
Design
o
o
o
www.thrillersfillersandspillers.com
Thriller
Filler
Spiller

88. Spring!






Photos: Proven Winners
Pansy
Cabbage
Chard
Heuchera
Viola
Tiarella (Foamflower)

89. Spring!
 Cabbage
 Chard
 Viola
 Nasturshims
 Lettuce
 Bok
Photos: Proven Winners
choy

90. Summer
Photos: Terri James

91. Summer

Fillers





Spillers






Plectranthus
Ponytail grass
Persian shield
Peppers
Lantana
Geranium
Euphorbia
Plectranthus 

Begonia
Wind Dancer - grass
Sweet potato vine
Thriller




Cana
Cordyline
Banana
Elephant Ears

92. Common Fillers

93. Uncommon Fillers  Swiss
Chard
 Peppers
 Eggplant
 Tomatoes
 Okra
 Artichokes

94. Patio Gardening






Cauliflower, Attribute
Hybrid
Peppers, Sweet Red
Popper
Eggplant, Shooting Star
Corn, On Deck
Lettuce Blends
Herbs

95. Patio Gardening
 Tomato,
Patio
Princess
 Zucchini, Ball
Hybrid
 Cucumber,
Spacemaker
 Carrot, Caracus

96. Summer

97. Fall

Keep things that will
take the cool
weather


Grasses
Add




Mums
Artificial flower picks
Scarecrows
Mini pumpkins

98. Fall

99. Winter

100. Winter
 Trim
shrubs for color &
texture interest



Red dogwood
 Gentility trim shrubs for greens
Yellow dogwood
 Pines
Curly willow
 Yews
 Add

Junipers



Pinecones
Snowflakes
Christmas ornaments

101. Winter

102. Something New for 2014 …
Garden trends for 2014

103. Something New for 2014 …
2009
2011
2012
2013
Favorite Flower Color Trends form 2009 – 2013
Proven Winners

104. Something New For 2014 …
 Think

Color
Pantone color
of the year
 Radiant
Orchid

105. Something New For 2014 …
Garden Trends for 2014






Ground up
Super foods
Drink your yard
Dress-up your yard
Bee-nifcials
Cultur-vating






Simple elegance
Frac’d up
Young men get down
and dirty
Think gardens
Fingertip gardening
Tree-mendous reversal

106. Something New For 2014 …





Remove lid
Choose sunny spot
Push seed pod into
loosened soil until
level with soil surface
No need to cover
Keep pot moist

107. Something New For 2014 …
2014 Green Thumb Awards



Square foot garden
seed mats
GrowBox - Planters in
designer colors
GrowBox Support
Cage
 Brolly
 Snip-N-Drip
Pot and
Planter Soaker
System

108. Something New For 2014 …
2014 Green Thumb Awards
 Clematis
‘Sweet
Summer Love’
PPAF
 Zone 4-9

109. Something New For 2014 …
2014 Green Thumb Awards
 Vaccimium
Complex Hybrid
‘Blueberry Glaze’
 Zone 5-8

110. Something New For 2014 …
2014 Green Thumb Awards


‘Habitat Hero’
Birdwatcher PrePlanned Garden
from High Country
Gardens
Zone 5-8

111. Something New For 2014 …
2014 Green Thumb Awards
 ‘Bloomerang
Dark
Purple Lilac PPAF,
CBRAF
 Zone 3-7

112. Something New For 2014 …
2014 Green Thumb Awards
 Baptisia
‘Blue
Towers’ PPAF
 Zone 3a-8b

113. Something New For 2014 …

114. Something New for 2014 …
 Try




something different for a container
Find one new plant and try it in several
different settings
Add something edible to your container
Start a back-yard fruit garden
Your imagination is your limit!!

115. Questions
 Terri



James
tjames2@unl.edu
402/472-8973
Slideshare.net

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