Potted Plants Garden Tour
Plants that grow in containers are just as beautiful as plants that are firmly rooted in the earth. And they demand every bit as much care, and command every bit as much attention, too. The very first RGG potted plants garden tour will hopefully go a fair way in underscoring these points.
By John G. Stamos
Greetings, gang. Got another RGG website/RGG YouTube Channel hybrid for you right here. It’s a garden tour, alright, but not just any garden tour. It’s a potted plants garden tour, and it highlights the various plants that grow in containers on my own plot of land here in USDA hardiness zone 5B/6A. Can a garden really be comprised entirely of potted plants? You’re damned straight it can. In fact, here in my hardiness zone, a potted plant garden can be a hell of a lot more colorful and diverse than one that grows in the ground on a perennial basis. And that’s because potted plants grow – wait for it – in pots! Yep. You can move them and their pots around to virtually any spot you can imagine, including your own living room (just like I do in the fall and winter), if you’re so inclined. That means you can introduce all sorts of exotic-looking, insanely flowered growth to your northern garden that would otherwise never survive there simply by keeping all of that growth in pots. Tropical plants, or warm weather-only, tender perennial plants that grow in pots offer that exotic look in a portable (and fairly easily sustainable) package. These plants can live for years in colder regions by virtue of their transportability. Let ’em crank out wild foliage and sick blooms all spring and summer, and let them spend their winters indoors. Or, if you’re less sentimental (or more practical) than I am, trash them in the winter and start all over with a new batch in the spring.
In any case, if you garden in my hardiness zone, or in one reasonably close in terms of geography and climate, you can definitely grow some cool looking plants in pots. And if you arrange those pots outdoors during the summer to suit your fancy… Voila! You’ve got yourself a garden. A garden made up of beautiful, potted plants.
So, now that we’re clear on this matter…
I’m going to give you my own RGG potted plants garden tour, and it’s going to come in the form of an RGG YouTube Channel video combined with some static shots (snapped on July 23, 2024) right here on this page, links to three separate image galleries in the main RGG photo gallery, and a link to a really helpful RGG article from last year. It’s the full boat potted plants garden tour: a vid, pics, and advice. Here you go…
Since photos can be a lot more detailed and illustrative than a video (especially when they’re accompanied by fairly descriptive written captions, and even more especially when the video camera operator is an idiot), and because all of the plants featured in the video potted plants garden tour can be found therein, I’m directing your attention, via the following links, to three individual RGG image galleries: Houseplants, Succulents, and Tropicals, Bushes and Trees, and Seeds and Veggies. Check them out if you’d like.
Although, an important detail and an accompanying piece of advice regarding the volume and condition of the soil in a particular potted plant’s container are relayed in the potted plants garden tour video, there’s even more detailed information about the phenomenon of plant relocation shock (it happens when potted plants are moved indoors in autumn after spending the spring and summer outdoors in the sun and balmy weather) and how to mitigate its effects in the 2023 RGG article “Help Your Tropical Plants Recover from Relocation Shock”. It’s a pretty useful read with at least one invaluable product recommendation.
The photos below, all taken on on July 23, 2024, offer a little more visual detail of some of the potted plants featured in the video. Each of these are referenced, to varying degree, in the potted plants garden tour video.
Ok, we’re on to the main event: the video potted plants garden tour. As I mention in the video, I used some brand new video and sound equipment to record the tour. Although the equipment is top-notch, my use of it is not. I’m definitely still learning how to dial it all in. When you couple my cinematographic ineptitude with my apish screen presence, your own morbid curiosity will hopefully get the better of you and you’ll click the image link below to watch the video. Of course, the promise of a bunch of pretty and interesting potted plants might also serve as a legitimate enticement. The link is below.
Not too horrible, I hope. My own ignorance of the effective operation of audiovisual equipment notwithstanding, I’d like to think that today’s feature has gone at least a little way toward upping the legitimacy factor of potted plants as true garden constituents – particularly those that share an actual garden space with cousins whose roots are permanently anchored in the planet’s crust. You’ve got photos, info, advice, and a video that I hope have helped make that case.
More importantly, I hope that I haven’t bored you too badly and that you might have even actually enjoyed the video, and the feature as a whole. As always, my dear readers and subscribers, I appreciate your incredibly kind indulgence, interest, and readership.
Cheers, and Happy Gardening!
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I just love the Bat Plant! Great article and photos.
Many thanks, Nicole – I appreciate your checking it out. Isn’t that little bat plant cool? I really love it, too. And so do the hummingbirds! Thanks again, Nicole!
I enjoyed very much the tour… very informative!
Your plants are gorgeous! I can see the love and care you provide those flowers 🌸🌺🌸
Thank you so much for watching the video, Roxxy. I apologize for its quality (I was still learning the ins and outs of my new equipment when I shot the video). I’m so glad that you found it interesting, and, of course, I am grateful for your kindness. Once again, Roxxy, thank you so very much!
I enjoyed the tour. You have so many beautiful and interesting potted plants. I look forward to seeing many of them in bloom. I also want to know what you are going to do with those super hot peppers. I think you should show your readers your reaction when you try to eat one!
Thank you for checking out the feature and watching the video, Kevin. I’m glad you enjoyed it. Yep. I was planning on documenting my Trinidad Scorpion Pepper-eating experience for RGG readers and viewers. I’m expecting disastrous results. Thanks again, Kevin!
I enjoyed viewing your video on potted plants. It was also a nice surprise to see Holly in the film. Your additional pics and details are also informative.
Many thanks, Rick. I appreciate your taking a look at the feature, and watching the video. I do wish my filmmaking skills were on par with my interest in the subject at hand. In any case, I’m glad that Holly had a role in the film, too. And I do feel good about giving my potted plant garden a feature of its own. Container gardening is a great way to introduce more exotic specimens to a 5B/6A outdoor space. Thanks once again, Rick!