Dark and light container
By: Garden Gate staff
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Dark and light
Want to give girlie pink a modern, edgy look? Pair it with burgundy and gray! Deep burgundy complements pastel pink while giving the planting a strong, bold look. Combined in a whitewashed gray pot, this planting makes ultra-feminine pink look modern!
Fuchsia looks great in the spring, but often fades with summer’s heat. Leave it in — the flowers should return in fall, and with the summer-blooming begonia, impatiens and princess flower, this pot will still have plenty of blooms. Iresine and Joseph’s coat will both take off in the summer — if they start to get unruly, it’s OK to pinch them back.
Now click ahead to find out more about the plants in the combo!
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Container recipe
This combo planted in a 15-in.-diameter container thrives in full sun to part shade. Water when soil feels dry.
A – Iresine Iresine herbstii ‘Purple Lady’
B – Impatiens Impatiens Dazzler® Blush
C – Bridal veil begonia Begonia ‘Withlacoochee’
D – Princess flower Centradenia grandifolia
E – Black varnish plant Pseuderanthemum carruthersii atropurpureum ‘Rubrum’
F – Joseph’s coat Alternanthera dentata ‘Purple Knight’
G – Fuchsia Fuchsia hybrid
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