Nurseries

• Nurseries can sell a large variety of plants, shrubs and trees when they are grown in containers. The convenience of being able to move plants from place to place, sort them according to type, age and size and to display them in different arrangements to attract customers are some of the retail advantages of growing plants in containers.
  
  From species to species, each will have their own soil requirements, which may be very difficult to delineate and maintain in a limited growing field. Instead, the container environment for each plant can be kept to the proper moisture level, consistency and enrichment with soil enhancements and soil types for each plant. The end result of healthy, well-thriving plants is what customers look for when selecting the plants they want to have in or around their homes or businesses.
  
  

Container Gardening

• No longer restricted to having an outdoor gardening or landscaping plot, container gardening brings live plants to soil-less terrains, indoor spaces and hard-scape terraces. Container-grown plants can fill up these spaces with living plants that improve air quality and are aesthetically pleasing to the eye. After regularly maintaining the moisture and nutrient levels in the soil, the convenience of growing plants, shrubs, flowers and edible herbs and vegetables in pots and not having to till the soil makes container growing a welcome option in any setting. The containers introduce height and interest in traditional landscapes. Large decorative pots with small to medium perennial shrubs are low-maintenance solutions to adding greenery to landscape designs.
  
  

Soil Maintenance

• Container-grown plants are restricted plants --- plants that cannot grow and propagate freely in their natural soil environments. Therefore, it is very important to maintain their artificially restrictive environment by manually adding what the plant needs to live healthily in a pot. Container plantings require regular maintenance since they are unable to experience what they would normally get from nature. Substituting nutrient-rich decomposing matter with formulated fertilizers for container plants and regular watering to balance the plants non-exposure to rainfall are some key requirements to maintaining plants in containers.
  
  

Transplanting Container-Grown Plants

• Prolific plants that are only intended to spend a short time in containers, can be transplanted any time, though this should be before their roots completely infiltrate the soil as a dense mass that has no more room to grow. Prior to transplanting the plant, water it thoroughly, as this is a process that will cause a lot of stress to the plant.
  
  It is also very important to have the plant's new home ready for the plant before removing it from its first container. If the plant is going to be transplanted into another container, select one that is larger than the first. Also study the maximum growth dimensions of the plant, and select a container that can support the plant at its maximum height.