Hello GPODers! We’re again with extra fall coloration from New Jersey backyard designers Ellen Goldfarb and Tracy Buttrick! Right now we’re sharing 4 extra of Tracy’s autumn container designs, together with preparations for slim porches and a phenomenal ginkgo-lined entrance in Saddle River.
This pot sits on a slim entrance porch in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey. The peak comes from broom corn (Sorghum bicolor, annual), yellow winterberries (Ilex verticillata, Zones 3–9), and pumpkins-on-a-stick (Solanum aethiopicum, annual). The purple-flowering plant is ‘Mona Lavender’ plectranthus (Plectranthus ‘Mona Lavender’, Zones 9–11), a plant we love however discover very arduous to get some years. It’s additionally nice in a shade backyard, though it appears to desire flowering when the times are shorter. There’s additionally decorative cabbage (Brassica oleracea cvs., annual), purple candy alyssum (Lobularia maritima, annual), and Algerian ivy (Hedera algeriensis, Zones 7–11).
This pot options inexperienced and brown millet, orange winterberry, ‘Mona Lavender’ plectranthus, spiked celosia (Celosia argentea var. spicata, annual), decorative pepper (Capsicum annuum, annual), mum (Chrysanthemum × morifolium, Zones 5–9), cabbage, and heather (Calluna vulgaris, Zones 4–8).
This pot has winterberry in orange and yellow, ‘Jade Princess’ millet (Pennisetum glaucum ‘Jade Princess’, annual), pumpkins-on-a-stick, decorative peppers, Snow Princess candy alyssum (Lobularia ‘Inlbusnopr’, annual), and cabbage. It was one in every of a pair that brightened up the top of an allée of ginkgo timber (Ginkgo biloba, Zones 4–9).
Ginkgo allée with autumn pots in Saddle River, New Jersey.
Thanks once more to Ellen and Tracy for sharing these stunning fall containers with us! That ginkgo allée is very beautiful this time of 12 months. We’ll wrap up our go to with Ellen’s chopping backyard on Thursday, so keep tuned!
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