house beautiful feature

I was interviewed by House Beautiful on inspired ways to style your front porch for fall. Fall container planting season is just about here as the weather is cooling off now and the fall plants will have a chance to survive without the scorching temperatures. Check out the feature here!

Winter holiday container plantings

I love magnolia. I feel like it is a must in my winter plantings. The velvety leaves and stems and the slight brown texture and color it brings to a design is complete perfection.

A few photos of containers I did for this years Holiday season:

8 of these window boxes!!!

Cant wait for next season... early spring! More photos of my container gardening here.

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
-Christina.

fall container plantings part II

A few final pictures of some of the autumn container plantings we did this season.

We picked out new triple ball topiaries for these front door containers that I love and the wrapping of the bittersweet berries around them seems to boldly state rustic fall:

little side door planter:

 

These next plantings were for an interior designer's home. I loved using the eclectic mix of plants to meet the eclectic mix of pots.  I am delighted with how they turned out:

a head of croton plant, bittersweet berries, ornamental pepper, kale and kalanchoe plant:

 

This client wanted a simple English garden classic fall feel. Variegated Ivy, deep heuchera and ornamental plum pepper for the autumn season containers:

A hardy succulent centerpiece I planted in the summer was still going strong strong in the cooler outdoor temperatures at a clients home:

and last, a classic fall container of wheat grasses, kale, ornamental peppers, hardy fall mums, ivy and bittersweet berries.

formore of my flowering container gardens visit  here.

fall container plantings part I

 A few photos of some of the containers we planted up this autumn. It is always my favorite season with the simplicity of the designs, the cooler weather to work in and they always come out quite fetching.

this year I loved using the fuchsia celosia to bring a little different color and textures into the plantings (above). 


for more of my flowering container gardens visit here.

summer 2013 container plantings part II

Part 2 of a few of this seasons container plantings that we did.

Hardy succulents:

oleander topiaries:

up close window box:

window boxes up high:

I love using fern in this one:

up close, pink and succulents:

from far:

it was a great summer season! for more of our container plantings check out here

We container plant in northern new jersey. Primarily Short Hills, Summit, and Livingston areas.

  

summer 2013 container plantings part I

A few container plantings from this years summer season! We really got into the succulents this year. Mostly because our grower has been dabbling in growing them. Lets just say we wiped out his inventory of them by the time the summer planting season was over. 

I think these were my favorite this year, honeysuckle trellises as the focal with oranges, purple, dusty miller gray and lime green at the bottom:

bougainvillea topiaries were definitely bright focal points for this modern style house:

 planting a smaller container mix:

 echeveria succulents and creeping jenny outdoor summer centerpiece:

more from the 2013 Fresh Art Planting summer season coming up!

for previous fresh art designs go here. 

We container plant in northern new jersey. Primarily Short Hills, Summit, and Livingston areas.  

fall container gardens

a few fall containers from this season! We had a lot of fun experimenting with different mediums this year including eucalyptus and sedum. I love the simplicity of autumn and the fact that there are limited plants available that do well in the cold. 

 Photos taken from my instagram, floresdelsol.

fall container gardens in new jersey

The first day of autumn is here on saturday! I am ready to pack away my sandals and pull out my boots. I'm tired of my hair frizzy from humidity, I am ready for fall! That means so are my container plantings. My friend Julie and I design container gardens in northern new jersey, specifically Short Hills and the surrounding areas. Can't wait to show you some more soon!
If you are local, contact me at flowersofthesun {at} gmail {dot} com for more info.
-Christina