Beautiful Gardens, Pots and Plants

Shiny Friday is here. Today we'll leave our lovely interiors for a while and enjoy some of Martha Stewart's great ideas for gardens, plants and pots. Have fun!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/good-things/pansies-and-violas?&backto=true&backtourl=/photogallery/60-great-ideas-for-the-garden#slide_4"><img class="lpgVerticalShadow" src="http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/web/goodthings/gt059_growpans1_xl.jpg" style="width: 435px; height: 542px;" /></a><br />Pansies and their cousins violas are among the most popular garden plants, adding color, whimsy, and grace to a bed, a border, or steps.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/good-things/prettier-planter?&backto=true&backtourl=/photogallery/60-great-ideas-for-the-garden#slide_10"><img class="lpgVerticalShadow" src="http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/pub/ms_living/2006Q2/msl_jun06_planter_xl.jpg" style="width: 435px; height: 542px;" /></a><br />Instead of the usual sphagnum moss or coconut fiber, line a hanging planter with canna or hosta leaves.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/article/hydrangeas_l0807welcf_t?&backto=true&backtourl=/photogallery/60-great-ideas-for-the-garden#slide_13"><img class="lpgVerticalShadow" src="http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/pub/ms_living/2007Q3/mla102550_0807_garden_xl.jpg" style="width: 436px; height: 543px;" /></a><br />Gardeners everywhere have opened their eyes to hydrangeas' intricate beauty, abundant summer-into-fall bloom, and obliging tolerance of some shade<br /><br /><a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/good-things/clothespin-picket-fence?&backto=true&backtourl=/photogallery/60-great-ideas-for-the-garden#slide_16"><img class="lpgVerticalShadow" src="http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/pub/ms_living/2006Q2/la102000_0406_clothespins_xl.jpg" style="width: 435px; height: 542px;" /></a><br />Dress your potted plants in a picket fence made from clothespins.<br /><br /><img class="lpgVerticalShadow" src="http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/web/goodthings/gt03marmsl_bushelbasket_xl.jpg" style="width: 435px; height: 543px;" /><br />Bushel baskets from the garden center make charming and inexpensive containers. Their wooden slats provide built-in drainage, and they can be recycled after the plants have had their season in the sun. As autumn draws to an end, the entire basket can be composted once the wire handles are removed.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/good-things/herb-pots?&backto=true&backtourl=/photogallery/60-great-ideas-for-the-garden#slide_35"><img class="lpgVerticalShadow" src="http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/web/goodthings/gt057_herbpots01_xl.jpg" style="width: 435px; height: 542px;" /></a><br />Give each herb its own personalized pot, and you'll never snip the wrong sprigs.<p id="slide_shrt_desc_35"><img class="lpgVerticalShadow" src="http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/web/goodthings/gt02julmsl_beachbucket01_xl.jpg" style="width: 435px; height: 543px;" /><br /></p><p id="slide_shrt_desc_35">Use beach pails to hide less attractive flowerpots within. </p><p id="slide_shrt_desc_35"><a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/goodthings/garden-shed-crate-cabinets?&backto=true&backtourl=/photogallery/60-great-ideas-for-the-garden#slide_41"><img class="lpgVerticalShadow" src="http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/pub/ms_living/2009Q1//mld103940_0309_shed1_xl.jpg" style="width: 435px; height: 542px;" /></a></p><p id="slide_shrt_desc_35">Create custom cabinetry in your garden shed with vintage wine crates.</p><a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/good-things/potting-shed?&backto=true&backtourl=/photogallery/60-great-ideas-for-the-garden#slide_55"><img class="lpgVerticalShadow" src="http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/web/goodthings/gt057_potshed1_xl.jpg" style="width: 435px; height: 542px;" /></a><br />A vintage wooden cupboard provides handsome storage for gardening supplies.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/good-things/tin-containers?&backto=true&backtourl=/photogallery/60-great-ideas-for-the-garden#slide_1"><img class="lpgVerticalShadow" src="http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/pub/ms_living/2006Q3/msl_aug06_gt_tin_xl.jpg" style="width: 435px; height: 542px;" /></a><br />When the garden is especially exuberant, it seems you can never have enough vases. Make a matching set of vessels by painting metal cans in muted hues.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/good-things/instant-gardens?&backto=true&backtourl=/photogallery/60-great-ideas-for-the-garden#slide_2"><img class="lpgVerticalShadow" src="http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/web/goodthings/gt069_instspring2_xl.jpg" style="width: 435px; height: 542px;" /></a><br />Flower pots and windowsills, a perfect match.<br /><br /><img class="lpgVerticalShadow" src="http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/pub/ms_living/2008Q2//la102360_0508_dogwood_xl.jpg" style="width: 436px; height: 544px;" /><br />Dogwood branches are arranged in an antique Japanese wicker backpack.<br /><br /><img class="lpgVerticalShadow" src="http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/pub/ms_living/2003Q3//ml0803_0703_obyrnes_house_xl.jpg" style="width: 435px; height: 543px;" /><br />Various English hybrid delphiniums, orange Alstroemeria 'Ligtu,' blue Geranium 'Nimbus,' and white-flowering Clematis recta 'Purpurea,' which adds its dark foliage to the mix.<p><img class="lpgVerticalShadow" src="http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/pub/ms_living/2003Q3//ml0803_0703_spanish_bluebells_xl.jpg" style="width: 435px; height: 543px;" /></p><p>Along a drive, Lombardy poplars soak up most of the water. Spring-blooming bulbs -- Spanish bluebells, Dutch iris, and daffodils.</p><p><img class="lpgVerticalShadow" src="http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/pub/ms_living/2008Q1//mla103336_0308_loves_mist_xl.jpg" style="width: 435px; height: 543px;" /></p><p>Morning haze heightens the pinks of these roses.<br /></p><p><img class="lpgVerticalShadow" src="http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/pub/special_issues/2007Q2//ml003_sip07_arch_turkeyhill_xl.jpg" style="width: 435px; height: 543px;" /></p><p>Garden at Martha's Turkey Hill home.</p><p><a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/article/bark-wrapped-flowerpots?&backto=true&backtourl=/photogallery/60-great-ideas-for-the-garden#slide_50"><img class="lpgVerticalShadow" src="http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/pub/ms_living/2006Q2/msl_jun06_bark_pot_xl.jpg" style="width: 429px; height: 535px;" /></a><br /></p><p>Create a rustic, richly textured presentation by placing a vase of lush flowers in terra-cotta pots adorned with tree bark.</p><p>All images from <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/home-decorating">Martha Stewart</a>.</p><p>I have linked this post over at Jerri's<a href="http://simplysweethome.blogspot.com/2010/04/friday-favorites-week-7.html?"> Friday Favourites Party</a>, Melissa's <a href="http://theinspiredroom.net/">The Inspired Room</a> and Laurie's <a href="http://bargainhuntingwithlaurie.blogspot.com/2010/04/few-of-my-favorite-things-saturday-3.html">Saturday Favourite Things</a>. Thanks once again Jerri, Melissa and Laurie!<br /></p>

Beautiful Gardens, Pots and Plants

Shiny Friday is here. Today we'll leave our lovely interiors for a while and enjoy some of Martha Stewart's great ideas for gardens,...

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