Container Bog Garden

Place your plastic nursery pot in the center of the pond liner.

Container bog garden. If you have space a pond liner or children s wading pool works well. To make your bog garden in a container start with something measuring at least 12 inches 30 cm deep and 8 inches 20 cm across or larger. Photo by will lenihan. Creating a container bog garden.

On sturdy stems large plumes of fluffy white to red flowers appear grow it in the back of your bog garden container display in a very large container. Choose a container that is a minimum of 8 inches deep. Only use rain water or distilled water for your carnivorous plants. The barrel when wet will seal and hold water very well keeping the compost moist at all times.

Virtually any relatively shallow container that is wide enough to accommodate some plants will do. Let your container bog garden sit for one week keeping the soil wet. The container should not have a drainage hole. Wet the planting medium completely.

How to make a pot bog garden. I found a 35 gallon pond liner at a home improvement store for about 35. It is relatively easy to create a healthy fully functional container bog garden as long as some basic rules are adopted. A bog is a specialized peatland with highly acidic nutrient poor soil which discourages growth of all but specialized plants namely carnivorous plants pitcher plants flytraps and sundews and orchids.

A simple way of growing bog plants is in a large container such as a half barrel that has no drainage holes in the base. This unique environment is easy to re create in a container. Choose a container that is greater than 20cm in height ensuring that the container has some drainage holes at the side of the container and not at the bottom. The closed system allows you to carefully regulate soil moisture and exposure.

Put out containers before storms so you have extra water to fill up your bog. Almost any pot or container that will hold water will work. Once the mini bog is complete you will fill this pot with water which will slowly drain out into the pond liner to bottom water your plants. A large 2m tall upright perennial that has giant jagged lobed dark green leaves which are purple red underneath.

Fill 1 3 of your chosen container with gravel and put a mixture 30 sand and 70 peat moss on top. A bog garden can be created using any number of containers including whiskey barrels kiddie swimming pools and more.