Stretch Your Container Gardening Budget

If you’re looking to be a bit more budget-conscious as a gardener, using perennials and shrubs in containers can help you get more bang for your buck! First, you’ll save by purchasing and starting with smaller plants and giving them a season to mature in your containers. That’s helpful if they are slated to end up in an established garden where young plants could be easily overshadowed. Overwintering your perennials in their containers at the end of the gardening season will allow you to keep your plants alive and freshen up the containers in the spring by adding new complementary plants.