EASY VEGETABLES & FLOWERS IN SELF-WATERING - lechuza

THE BENEFITS OF
SELF-WATERING PLANTERS
SIMPLE GROWING SYSTEM
Magazine
with Pamela Crawford
EASY VEGETABLES & FLOWERS IN
SELF-WATERING CONTAINERS

WHY SELF WATERING
Learn about Lechuza Planters
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Simple and Easy
Healthier Plants
Herbs & Flowers
Bright Flowers
Save Water
Simple Beauty
Spikes & Flowers
Easy Vegetables
Wonderful Tomatoes
I worked with
Lechuza planters for
over eight months,
growing hundreds of
plants in 65 planters.
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Pages 18-19
Pages 20-21 Lechuza Self-Watering Planters are
weather proof, unbreakable and frost resistant.
Our Plantings: Red dragon wing begonias, yellow
lantana, and yellow melampodium
About Pamela
Pamela Crawford, author of ten gardening books, is considered
one of the most accomplished container garden experts in the
country. In preparation for this project, she worked with Lechuza
planters for over eight months, growing hundreds of plants in 65
planters.
Pamela’s work has been featured on the cover of Better Homes
& Gardens publications, as well as in Southern Living, HGTV
Magazine, Fine Gardening, Country Gardens, Country Almanac,
Small Gardens, and in over 2,500 newspapers.
As an expert in her fi eld, she has appeared on the Fine Living
Network, gardenloverstv.com and GardenSmart TV. She has a
Master’s Degree in Landscape Architecture.
Lechuza Self-Watering Planters
WHY I LIKE LECHUZA
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Pamela’s Top 10 Plant Picks for Lechuza Planters
Great color, spring
to fall. Little care
required. Sun or
shade.
Blooms all season
in warm areas.
Attractive, trailing
plant. Loves sun.
with very little time or effort. The most time-consuming task
in container gardening is watering. Lechuza planters use 25
to 50% less water than traditional planters, which means
gardeners can spend less time watering their plants.
Coleus Creeping Jenny ‘Dragon Wing’
Terrifi c trailing
plant. Lasts all
season. Sun or
shade.
Scaevola ‘Serena’
Angelonia
Best angelonia I
tried. Blooms all
season with little
care. Loves sun.
Begonias
Bloom all season
with little care.
Light to medium
shade.
Sweet Potato
Vines
Fast grower with
great color. Can
get pests. Sun to
light shade.
Grasses ‘Mild Banana’
Easy, tall, centerpiece
plants.
Some like sun,
others shade.
‘Husky Cherry
Red’ and ‘Patio’
Tomatoes
The best I found
for planters. Love
the sun.
and ‘Yummy Bell’
Peppers
Huge yield with
little care. Love
the sun.
Violas and
Pansies
Prolifi c bloomer
for cool weather.
Sun to light
shade.
“I like these planters because I could grow gorgeous combos
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(Plants are not included in delivery)

SIMPLE AND EASY
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“Lechuza planters are the first I have worked with that are
self-watering, hydrating themselves from a reservoir
underneath the plant’s rootball. I was pleasantly surprised
to learn how seldom I had to water them.
Let Lechuza Care for your Plants.
Saves time.
Requires no green thumb.
Thriving plants with little work.
Watering takes more time than any other
container gardening task. With Lechuza planters,
you water less and save time.
Overwatering and underwatering are the two main
causes of plant death. With Lechuza, the plant
waters itself from planter’s reservoir that gardeners
only need to fi ll every once in a while. The ‘Dragon
Wing’ begonias (inset & right) bloomed for a full
eight months with only occasional watering.
Our Plantings
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‘Dragon Wing’ Begonias
One of the best plants available for container gardens.
Blooms all season long with little care. Light to medium
shade.
2 Sweet Potato Vines
Fast grower, great color and foliage! Lasts all season long. Can
get pests, but I don’t spray unless the leaves become unsightly.
Sun to light shade.
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Lechuza Self-Watering Planters
CUBICO Cottage 40
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HEALTHIER PLANTS
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Wet leaves can cause diseases, such as fungus. Since
Lechuza planters water your plants from below, leaves
stay dry, and your plant stays healthy.
Healthy Edibles on Your Grill Deck
Fresh, healthy edibles for your family.
Mix edibles with fl owers.
Healthy plants mean little need
for pesticides.
Healthy leaves are especially important with herbs.
With Lechuza, the plant controls its water intake,
so it absorbs the amount it needs, ensuring healthy
herbs throughout the season. This granite
BALCONERA 50 (right) is growing above our grill. Be
sure to move the grill away from the planter or walls
when hot.
Our Plantings
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Rosemary
Rosemary is an herb that is a useful centerpiece
because of its durability and vertical shape.
Comes in upright, spreading, or prostrate forms,
so be sure you know what you are buying.
Dusty Miller
An excellent annual - easy and dependable.
Looks great in between two darker colors.
Use in full sun in cooler temperatures. Grows
about six inches tall in a container. Silver only.
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Pansies & Violas
Pretty fl owers for cool weather. Bloom constantly
in temperatures from about 40 to 65 degrees.
Sun to light shade. Violas take shade a bit better
than pansies. Excellent, long-lived container plant.
Oregano
“Container plants need water on their roots, not their leaves.
A popular herb used mainly in Italian food. Extremely
easy to grow. Like most herbs, many different types are
available. Sizes range from three to twelve inches tall in
a container. Full sun to light shade in really hot areas.
Lechuza Self-Watering Planters
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BALCONERA Cottage 50
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HERBS & FLOWERS
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“Add flowers to herbs and it looks beautiful immediately,
as shown in the Lechuza BALCONERA planters (right).
Plant the tallest plant in the middle and smaller plants
around it.
Our Plantings
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Basil, Sweet
One of the easiest and most useful of all herbs. Many varieties,
from tiny to over 3 feet tall. Grow in sun to light shade. Loves
containers - the bigger the better for the larger varieties.
Melampodium
A great, yellow-fl owering container plant. It blooms well all summer
- one of the few annual plants that will. The daisy-like fl owers add
a mass of yellow to any arrangement. Different varieties vary
from six to eighteen inches tall. Sun or light shade.
Rosemary
Rosemary is an herb that is a useful centerpiece because
of its durability and vertical shape. Comes in upright,
spreading, or prostrate forms, so be sure you know what
you are buying.
Gomphrena
One of the highest performers in our trials. It bloomed
continuously for months on end with no care other than
water! Light or dark purple. Light shade to full sun.
Thrives in high heat, great for hot areas.
Boxwood basil
Looks like a small boxwood shrub, with a tight form. The leaves
are much smaller than most basils. Has the classic basil fl avor.
Grows six to twelve inches tall in a container. Full sun to light shade
in really hot areas.
Creeping Jenny
Terrifi c trailing plant. Grows all season with little care. Sun or shade.
Grows about two inches tall and hangs three to four feet long in a
container. Lime green leaves. Takes cooler weather or really hot days.
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Lechuza Self-Watering Planters
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Easily attach the
BALCONERA
planter to the wall with
the optional brackets.
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5
1 gal
water
reservoir!
3
2 gal
water
reservoir!
BALCONERA Cottage 50/80
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BRIGHT FLOWERS
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“ The Beauty of Self-Watering
Great looking container gardens don´t have to be
complicated! Designing with just two or three plants
is quite easy. Yellow and red celosia mixed with purple
petunia fill out these Lechuza CILINDRO planters.
Water less.
Perfect for hot climates.
No more worries of over or
underwatering plants.
Lechuza’s big water reservoir lets your plants
decide how much water they need. The water indicator
shows when and how much water to add. The water is then
stored in the reservoir (inset right) below the potting mix,
where the plants use it when needed.
Our Plantings
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Petunia
2 Celosia, yellow
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One of the most popular container plants in the world. Thousands
of varieties on the market. There is quite a bit of performance
variation between the different types. Single and double fl owers.
Many colors. Upright and trailing forms. Full sun.
Also called plume celosia. These yellow celosias range in height from
quite small (about three inches tall) to over two feet tall, depending on
variety. Lasts about three months in a container. Full sun to light shade.
Celosia, red
Also called brain celosia. Really interesting fl ower! Grows about
seven to twelve inches tall in a container. Full sun to light shade.
Red or yellow. Lasts about three months in a container.
water
reservoir
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When the
scale shows
„MIN“ just
refi ll the
Tank.
Lechuza Self-Watering Planters
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CILINDRO Cottage 32 | CILINDRO Cottage 21
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SAVE WATER
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“Watering five planters (right) requires a lot of time every day.
I was pleasantly surprised to discover that my Lechuza planters
only required watering every three to four days. As you water
less, you also reduce water waste and have more time to
enjoy your garden.
Our Plantings
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Mums
One of the showiest container plants. I use them frequently
in cooler weather even though they don’t bloom for more
than a month or so. The show they produce is worth it!
Grasses
One of the most useful plants for the centers of containers.
Huge number of varieties on the market, from four
inches to four feet tall in a container. Most like sun, but a
few tolerate shade. Green, variegated, pink or burgundy
leaves.
Coleus
Thousands of varieties available, from six inches to three feet
tall. Use for its leaf color rather than its fl ower color, which lasts
from spring to fall. Little care required. Many colors and patterns
available. Sun or shade varieties are commonly available.
Creeping Jenny
5 Scaevola
Terrifi c trailing plant. Grows all season with little care. Sun or shade.
Grows about two inches tall and hangs three to four feet long in a
container. Lime green leaves. Takes cooler weather or really hot days.
Beautiful trailing plant that thrives in containers in hot weather. Wilts
when fi rst planted, but recovers in a week or so. Full sun. Blue, white
or pink. The blue is the strongest variety. Grows up to eighteen inches
down the sides of a container.
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Lechuza Self-Watering Planters
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BALCONERA Cottage 80 | CILINDRO 32/21 | CUBICO Cottage 40
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SIMPLE BEAUTY
“ It’s All in the Presentation.
A simple planting, like this white angelonia
and purple violas, looks fantastic in the
BALCONERA 50.
Showcase your plants easily.
Attractive planters enhance the
simplest of designs.
Our Plantings
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2 Violas
‘Serena’ Angelonia
The ‘Serena’ variety did best in our trials. Blooms
all season with little care. Grows about a foot tall in
containers. Best used in the middle of a container.
Loves sun.
Pretty fl owers for cool weather. Bloom constantly in
temperatures from about 40 to 65 degrees. Sun to
light shade. Violas take shade a bit better than pansies.
Excellent, long-lived container plant.
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Lechuza Self-Watering Planters
BALCONERA Cottage 50
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SPIKES & FLOWERS
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Good-looking planters make or break a container composition.
I particularly like this CUBE ZERO Cottage 40 (right) because
of its beautiful form. Whether you prefer simple or complex
planting arrangements, your plants will look their best in
attractive planters.
Our Plantings
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Draecena
2 Mums
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One of the most common indoor plants. Grow well
outdoors as well, provided they are protected from
frost. And just add water! They are really easy.
One of the showiest container plants. I use them
frequently in cooler weather even though they don’t
bloom for more than a month or so. The show they
produce is worth it!
Pansies
Pretty fl owers for cool weather. Bloom constantly in temperatures
from about 40 to 65 degrees. Sun to light shade. Violas take
shade a bit better than pansies. Excellent, long-lived container
plant.
Creeping Jenny
Terrifi c trailing plant. Grows all season with little care. Sun or
shade. Grows about two inches tall and hangs three to four feet
long in a container. Lime green leaves. Takes cooler weather or
really hot days.
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Lechuza Self-Watering Planters
CUBE ZERO Cottage 40
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EASY VEGETABLES
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These peppers are my favorite vegetable to grow (right).
Not only do these ‘Mild Bananas’ produce a huge crop, they
also grow in three colors – yellow, orange, and red. In this
Lechuza planter, the peppers thrived with minimal care.
Home Grown and Beautiful
Easy, healthy vegetables.
Huge yields with little work.
Enjoy home-grown vegetables
throughout the growing season.
Self-watering planters produce larger yields
than traditional planters of the same size. This
increase in production is due to Lechuza’s more
effi cient watering system. Vegetables prefer
self-watering planters because they like being
watered from below. With Lechuza planters, your
vegetables get the exact amount of water they need.
Our Plantings
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2 Mums
‘Mild Banana’ and ‘Yummy Bell’ Peppers
Thousands of varieties available. Plants that feature smaller peppers grow
faster and produce more fruit. ‘Yummy Bell’ and ‘Mild Banana’ are two
great choices. Full sun and warm temperature required. Extremely easy.
One of the showiest container plants. I use them frequently in
cooler weather even though they don’t bloom for more than a
month or so. The show they produce is worth it!
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We harvested 53
peppers after
taking this picture!
Lechuza Self-Watering Planters
3 liners for easy
plant change
TRIO Cottage 30
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WONDERFUL TOMATOES
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The design of Lechuza TRIO Cottage demonstrates the easiest and most attractive
way to grow tomatoes. Planting tomatoes with a support, like this Trellis with
adjustable cross braces, means you won’t have to do much work to keep them
upright as they grow taller. I planted fl owers around the base of the trellis to add
more variety and color to the arrangement.
Our Plantings
‘Husky Cherry Red’ and ‘Patio’ Tomatoes
‘Husky Cherry Red’ and ‘Patio’ are two of the best bets
for containers. The fi rst features small, cherry tomatoes
and the latter larger ones. Be sure to grow in warm
temperatures with at least six hours of sun a day.
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2 Zinnias
Lots of different varieties, ranging from tiny to as tall as
you are! Some are quite easy, like the ‘Profusion’ series,
but most get fungus with too much heat. I use them
anyway because of the beauty of their fl owers. Like sun.
LECHUZA ’s Patented Liner System
Easily change liner from CUBICO to TRIO and back again
Plants can be switched
with ease
* Easy cultivation
* Easily removeable liners
* Some liners are interchangeable
between different models
Lechuza Self-Watering Planters
TRIO Cottage 30
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