New for old - MAGIC!

Superb Spritz...I'm dizzy with all that lovely colour:))

Love your pots, you certainly know how to get the best out of them, well done I like them all.

Great blog Spritz. It has given me a few ideas. Thank you.

Beautiful colour combinations Spritz,you are an artist !! Love the variegated skimmia :)

Blimey Spritz you certainly know how to'cock a snoop' at winter, your garden must look almost as colourful as in summer.

Gorgeous Spritz! One question ......... Can I come and live next door so I can blatently copy your ideas?

PS. I've PM'ed you!

Just had another look at these pots, they are sooooooo good, Ian I want to live next door, perhaps the other side?

Brilliant, Spritzhenry! Very good ideas for the spring! Love your colour combinations very much!

your pots a lovely Spritz. i like a good pot that looks good for a long time...i've been experimenting with different evergreens...i'm loving juniper 'prince of Wales' at the moment. it seems to survive neglectful watering in the summer and cope with the wind in the winter. flowery bits just cant cope with our winter winds...

beautiful and i love the blue/white crocus. I might see if i get some this year.
Iove your blog.

great blog Spritz!
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lots of ideas there! I will certainly try to photograph some of my pots in due course.

do you feed your pots frequently? I guess they need it with so much packed in.

also, what drainage do you use in the pots - I use terra cotta and polystyrene

Yes - in summer, once a week. Not in the winter, though, as I don't want too much vulnerable tender foliage. Drainage - same as you, except for the smaller blue pots - they have extra stones inside, as they're easily blown over!

Thanks, everyone, for your lovely comments!

Wonderful, those crocus are something else !

You have colour for the autumn/winter, and also something to look forward to in the spring. I'm going to have to think ahead like this next year.

Some smashing ideas there Spritzhenry do you use the skimmia each autumn ?and just keep them safe in the summer or do you have to plant them in the garden as they do look lovely.

They are wonderful pots and plantings

Beautiful container planting love the Iris lovely colour.

What beautiful pots Spritz. You certainly have a flair for colour and design. Well done indeed.

They look wonderful Spritz :-)

Thank you. :-))

Mavis, yes, I potted the Skimmias up and kept them for this year. 'Magic Marlot' was the most successful - two of the others developed yellow-y leaves, and needed a dose of sequestrene. You could also plant them out - why not?

Gorgeous pots Spritz :0)

That is lovely, so well planned and so artistic. I can only admire your work and the wonderful results you have achieved.
I.m dead jealous.

I don't charge if you use my ideas, Mad! LOL.

Thank you Sue and Mad....:-))

Very lovely - I am inspired! Trip to the GC in store for weekend me thinks......now, shopping list, tulips, daffs, polys, pansies, skimmias..........

Go, girl!

That's nice - to inspire YOU, Sarah! Thank you. :-)

Doesn't take much to send me trotting down to the GC Barbara! Any excuse!! Just bought another plant from a market stall in my lunch hour....it's sitting next to my confuser now waiting to be taken home...it's a Heuchera 'Strawberry Candy' ...oooo such a pretty pretty little thing ;-)

Absolutely love every one of your pots, lots of colour to take you till spring.

Thanks, Carol! :-) Sarah - I think I've got that one - green with pretty markings??

That's the one Barbara - Nicely shaped lobed leaves with green edge and the rest of the leaf is silvery-green with very prominent vein markings that are pinkish on the young leaves and dark green on the older ones. On the lable the flowers are very bright pink. Will have to find a special home for this little beauty!

barbara they all look so beautifull, i wish i had underplanted my bulbs but didnt know enough and just put bulbs in my pots, they are starting to peep through, but are going to look a bit drab now ive seen yours lol

Thanks, Sandra - but please don't put yourself down. Your pots will look great in the spring, just you wait and see! :-)))

Anyway, we are all learning, so I hope I've given you a few ideas for next autumn! I'm off to post a couple of questions - so that I can learn, too!!!

thanx barbara yes its given me ideas which is good ;o))

You're welcome, Sandra. :-)

Gorgeous pots! :~))

Oh, you clever you what majic you create. I couldn`t even pick a favourite there all so lovely. Can I ask are those erigerons around your first evergreen pot, and if they are where do you get the seed from, I`ve asked at so many garden centres and can`t find any.

Wonderful! :-)

Hi Stroller - yes, I have Erigeron karvinskianus just everywhere in my garden.

I inherited some of it, but I encourage it to grow along the edges of borders to 'soften' the look.

I've never had to buy seed, as they just seed themselves! I could try to pot some seedings up for you in the spring, if you like, or else buy a pot from your local GC and let them seed themselves!

Thanks, Anrea.

All absolutely stunning but I will pick a fabourite - my top favourite is the Iris Reticulata, what a beautiful little flower.

Thanks for the kind words......Yes, I love them too, Wagger - they are better with some shelter from the elements though - or the wind flattens them! I like to put a few in the pots in the open porch so they last a bit longer.

I love your pots - I have a patio area which is visible from the french doors and I always have lots of pots - usually in winter they are empty, not anymore! Great colour and great ideas - thanks!

Empty? Oooohhh dear! We can't have that, BL. Shall I come on over and we'll fill'em up together? LOL.

Yaaaay! I'll put the kettle on!

:-)

The planters look stunning. Well worth the effort in planning ahead.

I tried this autumn - but an animal has removed all the tulips from my containers - also from the borders! I didn't buy them to feed 'THAT'!!!! :-(((