Misti's Our Pot Ghetto garden

Created on Tuesday, 11 Dec 07

We started our plants in containers and then when we moved into the house we are renting we sort of expanded. Now, we have many plants in the ground and will probably leave some behind, someday. But, mostly it is a container garden.

Organic Garden

Garden Type: Container | Sun: Full Sun | Soil: Potting Mix

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Rose

Rosa

Jumped at the chance for a $7 rose! Too pretty to pass up.

Planted in Apr 2008
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Pineapple Lily

Eucomis comosa

This blooms at least once, if not twice a year. Love it!
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Purple Basil

Ocimum basilicum

Reseeds well.
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Canna

Canna generalis
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Florida Gardenia

Dietes iridioides

Took this cutting from a park and it has done wonderfully!
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Dwarf Bird of Paradise

Strelitzia reginae
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Strawberry

Fragaria x ananassa

This is grown in a container and produces a small amount of fruit e...
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Variegated St. Augustine

Dietes iridioides

My husbands crazy idea. It looks great in a hanging basket, though!
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Texas Prickly Pear Cactus

Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri
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Yellow Shrimp Plant

Pachystachys lutea
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Double Butterfly Indigo Pea

Clitoria ternatea
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ylang ylang

Cananga odorata

Got it from a seed at the Fruit and Spice Park. It is now 7+ feet t...
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Sungold Tomato

Solanum lycopersicum

Love this little tomato!
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Black from Tula

Solanum lycopersicum

This didn't perform very well for me, but it could be because of th...
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Yellow Ruffled Tomato

Solanum lycopersicum

This was fairly prolific in our garden this year. Good taste and un...
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Stick Tomato

Solanum lycopersicum

My husband likes odd plants and this one is certainly odd! Very uni...
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Porcupine Tomato

Solanum pyracanthum

Another odd one from the husband! It does hurt! We did see a hawkmo...
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Beautyberry

Callicarpa Americana
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Candy Lily

Pardancanda norrisii
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Pink Rose

Rosa

This is a climbing rose I bought on a whim at Walmart. Lovely scent...
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Passiflora edulis

Passiflora edulis

Started this from seed from a passionfruit at the store. Has done w...
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Dill

Anethum graveolens
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Buddha's Hand Citrus

Citrus medica var. sarcodactylus

My husband likes odd plants and this is an odd citrus to have! Has ...
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White Plumeria

Plumeria rubra

We got this plumeria tree from someones house that thought it was d...
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Gac

Momordica cochinchinensis

Grabbed some seeds from Fruit and Spice Park after seeing the odd g...
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Tlacolula Pink Tomato

Solanum lycopersicum

We decided to try some funky tomatoes this year. This one was very ...
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Coreopsis

Coreopsis

We started this from one of those sow the paper envelope things. Ha...
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Blackberry Lily

Belamcanda chinensis

Got these from some GardenWeb friends.
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Apostle's Iris

Neomarica gracilis

We grabbed this at a nursery in Southwest Ranches, FL
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Cilantro

Coriandrum sativum
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Stinging Golf Ball Plant

Blumenbachia prietea

Another odd one from Chris. Very cool, though don't touch!
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Phalenopsis Baldan's Kaleidescope

Phalaenopsis

I *LOVE* this orchid. It blooms yearly for me and lasts a long time...
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Golden Lotus Banana

Musella lasiocarpa

We added this unique banana to our garden a few years ago. Love it!
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Variegated Lemon

Citrus x limon

mmmm, more variegation and YUMMY!
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African Iris

Dietes iridioides
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