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Amateur Gardening|May 13, 2023
Masterclass on: repotting container shrubs
ANNE SWITHINBANK
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Care for container plants

Over the past three or four years, we’ve accumulated a collection of plants in pots bought but never planted. They’re in a bit of a state and I’m not sure whether to bin them or plant them out. What would you do?
Gemma Cosgrave, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

A Impulse buys or unsolicited gifts of plants can often catch us out. We return home with our trophies, walk around the garden looking for a gap, give up and place them in a group. Before long, a ‘standing ground’ of homeless pot-bound specimens develops in need of watering, feeding and weeding.

My collection builds up on our kitchen garden patio, but in the past year I’ve made an effort to plant them out. As long as they are still alive, there is nothing to lose by at least giving them a chance and, if they die, you can always bin them later. Herbaceous perennials usually recover quickly from being pot bound, but shrubs can take longer.

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この記事は Amateur Gardening の May 13, 2023 版に掲載されています。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。