Rustic or country gardens are specify asunder from other garden pattern by their use of well - worn , antique - looking props , and nothing conform to easily in that excogitation than a whiskey gun barrel plantation owner . Whiskey drum are commercially usable in both full and half sizes and their uses are only limited by your imagination . When designing any container garden – include a whiskey barrelful – turn over your idle requirements based on where you plan on using it , and plant consequently . control that any pliant liner , if applicable , have drain for stain - based garden and are water - tight for water garden .
Annuals
annual are the most popular container flowers because of their brilliant show of blooms that usually last through the entire grow season . tuck among recurrent gardens , annuals grow in containers are easy swap out if a plant is n’t originate well enough . Whiskey barrels are overweight and used as a lasting garden fix or on patios , but also look great placed at the groundwork of a bloom scrub or among a recurrent molding garden for a rustic accent .
regard canonic container garden design when growing annuals in your whisky gun barrel – take a spike or grandiloquent plant , filler plants and trailing or vining types to cascade down over the end . Some good pick admit dusty miller , foliage spikes , pansies , petunias , nasturtium , lobelia , begonia , marigold , zinnia , impatiens and just about any other yearly that will meet your sunshine demand for your area .
Perennials
Take special fear in colder climates for perennial grow in container unless you are using them as a one - time of year plant . Most perennials need extra room for origin maturation and expansion and the soil in containers often gets too stale for the flora to come through . If you wish to grow perennial that come back year after year , visit your local cooperative extension office or full - divine service garden shopping center for some ideas on plant that are dauntless enough for your particular growing zona .
Some perennials that are proven hardy enough for continued blooming when grow in containers in most climates admit shasta daisy , chrysanthemum , yarrow , sedum , candytuft , hosta , columbine , veronica and lupine .
Water plants
A whisky drum lined with a water - tight lining makes the perfect modest water garden for a terrace or a agrestic touch to a garden . commercial-grade kits with pump are available online and in garden center or a pump can be add to an existing barrelful .
weewee lilies , papyrus and elephant ears are pop plant life for modest water gardens . Do not crowd together water supply garden and always have a linear water source such as a outflow or a weewee pump move the water to keep out algae increase and mosquito larvae , and allow for oxygen to your plants .
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