Pot plants

[dave7108]

What plants can I put in here to add a bit of colour/tidy it up?

[Wilts_jeff]

dave7108 said:

What plants can I put in here to add a bit of colour/tidy it up?

Geraniums are great pot plants that add loads of colour. We use them a lot!

https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/articles/graham-rice...

[mangos]

Wilts_jeff said:

Geraniums are great pot plants that add loads of colour. We use them a lot!

https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/articles/graham-rice...

I would agree. Geraniums be a perfect addition.
Some trailing ones would look great in that pot. They are also quite hardy when the hot weather comes and don’t mind the odd bit of dry soil short term

[Johnnytheboy]

Worth waiting until mid-May before putting summer colour in, as you can still get a late frost before then.

Look for trailing/ivy leaf Geranium. They start small but they fill out really nicely.

[Bear-n]

If it's a sunny spot some trailing lobelia will fill that out nicely too.

It's worth adding some generic multi purpose compost too when planting anything, just in case that fine shrubbery has been planted in John Innes No3 (which is for mature potted plants like yours).

[dave7108]

Is it worth spending extra on John innes? Cheers for advice

[Bear-n]

It's worth it if planting a mature plant into a pot (No3 that is). If it's happy as it is, which it looks like, just leave be. I think that's an olive anyhow, and they grow in any old crap!

If you're just planting bedding plants, such as the lobelia and geraniums (basically most stuff you can buy in little trays) then all multipurpose composts are generally much of a muchness. Miracle grow really is some freakishly good stuff though! Just thrown some over the top, dig in a bit with whatever is there and thrown some soil in from any random corner of your garden

Aldi are selling bags of 40l multi purpose for £2.79 at the moment, which should be fine.