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Build garden structure AND grow something to nibble at.
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Despite limitations there are lots of reasons to grow plants in containers.
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Solitaire Palm
Plant type: evergreen palm
H: 12m W: 3m
Sunlight: warm low sun to dappled light

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container - use
Aim to match a plant with a pot and then to match them both to the garden style, the scale and the conditions where the pot will be located.
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