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Can This Geranium Be Saved?

August 19, 2022 by Kimberly Snyder 3 Comments

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Not quite ready to let go of your summer flowers?  Are your patio pots looking tired?  Let me show you how to refresh patio pots!

Stand Back & Watch! – How To Refresh Patio Pots

Whether you call them patio pots, porch planters or combo pots, your outdoor planters are probably ready to be refreshed for the late Summer/Early Fall season.  Today, I’d like to share a few tips about what to do when your patio pots or color pots start to look a little tired. Or in the case of the example below, a lot tired!

My very good friend, Rick helped me a lot in the flower shop.  He was always shaking his head when I would drag in a pot that he thought was beyond help.  I would say “Stand back & watch”.  Sometimes I might have been inwardly doubting myself, but I wouldn’t let Rick know!

Geraniium Planter Before

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The geranium patio pot looks pretty sad. I knew it just needed a little love!  The first step was to deadhead the planter and trim the geranium to improve its shape.  You should remove any dead flowers and leaves.  This will help prevent mold and mildew from growing on the plant.

In order to add height to the planter, I added a 4 in pot of Rush, a type of grass to the back of the planter. I also added an orange kalanchoe  in the front.

I did use a bush of silk leaves that I cut apart to fill in a few spots as well as add some extra color.  The patio pot was then set down inside a slightly larger pot.  After watering it thoroughly, I  top dressed the soil with sheet  moss.  I use sheet moss a lot.  It helps keep the plants moist and it gives the planters a more finished look.

To use the sheet moss, tear off a piece and then soak it in water.  Squeeze the excess water out and then flatten out the piece of moss.  Then lay the moss on top of the soil.  The moss is easy to tear into the size piece you might need.  If necessary, you can secure the moss with greening pins.

I think I was quite successful in refreshing the geranium patio pot, don’t you?

Geranium Planter After Refresh

Another Quick Makeover

late summer patio pot

This planter just need a bit of deadheading and a trim .  I added a few white pumpkins and placed the pot on a burlap stand.  The stand is actually a pickle bucket covered with burlap!

Early Fall Patio pot

Depending on the part of the country you live in, you might be able to squeeze a several more months of life out of your summer patio pots !

Save me for later!

A Little Bit of the Back Story

When I was growing up, my Mom would ask me to help in the garden.  She always wanted me to plant the onions.  Ugh, I hated it!  I didn’t like getting dirty, I didn’t like sweating, I didn’t like being outside!  So it was a great surprise when I discovered a love for outdoor gardening when I bought my first house!

I soon discovered geraniums (scented as well as zonal) and herbs.  My neighbor would share her canna bulbs with me.  I started to learn about the different growing zones.  I would race home from work, change clothes and start working in my tiny narrow garden beds.  That experience is what eventually led me to start my own business and ultimately become a florist.   Parts of the journey are shared here:

First They Sprout, Then They Grow and Finally They Bloom

My absolute favorite thing to do when I owned Petals & Porch Posts (my flower shop) was to make patio pots and European Dish Gardens.

I was even fortunate enough to have my front door combo pots featured on an episode of Extreme Makeover Home Edition!

Extreme Makeover Home Edition ; Philo, IL Sept 2009

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Hello! Kimberly (Kim) Snyder and I'm glad you're here. An entrepreneurial spirit, I've owned a flower shop and antiques store, a pizza parlor and now we're in Florida living a new adventure. Join me as we downsize into our new digs and continue the adventures! WRITER & BLOGGER

Kimberly Snyder shares the adventures of moving to Florida and beginning again in a new space as a herbalist, a creative, and a serial entrepreneur

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