You do not have to have a pond to enjoy a bog garden as long as you get the growing conditions right.
Creating a container bog garden.
If you don t have space for a full size bog creating a container bog garden is easily done.
Absolutely you could do this.
This can then be attached to a hosepipe or irrigation system.
Building a container bog is the perfect solution for gardeners who wish to start small.
A bog a wetland environment with nutrient poor highly acidic conditions is uninhabitable for most plants.
Well water may also be too alkaline.
Although a bog garden can support a few types of orchids and other highly specialized plants most people like to grow carnivorous plants such as sundews pitcher plants and flytraps.
The glitch is that most tap water is neutral to alkaline and full of mineral salts and chlorine that will damage your plants.
The most important maintenance job for a container bog garden is watering.
If you would like to create a bog garden on a much smaller scale then you can easily use a container.
One way is to situate the bog garden alongside the pond to keep all the water features like pumps liners and plants together for ease of care and maintenance as well as for sharing water.
I harvest rainwater from my roof and supplement with distilled water when.
To keep your bog garden well watered consider lying a soaker hose over the soil surface and disguise it with a layer of mulch.
The brooklyn botanic garden recommends the following supplies and steps for creating your mini bog.
The soil must never dry out.
On the end of the pipe inside the container i put a 90 degree elbow with the opening pointed down.
Tips for how to make a bog garden.
Learn how to create a bog garden in containers with this gardening tutorial.
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.
When building the pond build the bog garden at the same time and make use of any liner pieces not used in the pond.
Blackmore recommended a book called the savage garden to learn more about creating a bog garden.
It s not as large a commitment as a backyard bog garden and is just as rewarding.
Spring is the best time to start a bog garden so that the plants have plenty of time to establish once the soil warms up.
How to grow a bog garden in a container pitcher plants ekke needpix.
There are some lovely plants for growing in damp boggy conditions but if your soil is well drained and dries out quickly these bog plants will struggle to grow.
The soil needs to be reliably moist all year round.
Create a miniature bog garden.
It is all dry fit so i can swap out the vertical pipe to raise or lower the water or to drain the bog completely.
We have discussed how to create a container bog garden from scratch and what plants to use if the containers are placed in a sunny spot.
In this article we have talked about how to create a bog garden in containers.
Start small if you re new to bog gardens or use an existing boggy area.
