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Rusty Garden Containers

September 5, 2016 By Karen Creel

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I’m drawn to rusty stuff.  Tubs, buckets, old tools, cans, and even bird cages can be used as rusty garden containers, or to add a little whimsy to the garden.   Anything rusty and crusty seems to find it’s way in my car when I go junking.

I love using rusty containers in my garden. They can hold flowers, or add a little whimsy to the garden

This old sifter would be the perfect container for some little succulents.  An old rusty tin, and little cans could be filled with herbs or flowers.

Old rusty tins, cans, and even flour sifters make good containers for flowers

After looking around in my storage building, I settled on an old bucket, a mailbox, and a rusty file cabinet drawer that I found in the woods.  The rusty containers were perfect to plant some fall zinnias in a pretty orange color.  The orange really stood out against the brown rust.

Plant rusty garden containers with orange or yellow flowers

If you are a fan of flea market gardening like I am, then rusty garden containers are a must in your garden.  After all, they don’t cost much and you don’t to worry about them rusting!

 

Add a little whimsy to your garden with rusty garden containers full of flowers and succulents

Rusty garden containers filled with orange zinnias, annuals and succulents.

Rusty garden containers are perfect for fall flowers. Yellow sunflowers, or orange zinnias, look so pretty against the brown rust.

Fill a rusty coffee pot with artificial yellow sunflowers for a fall arrangement.

 

Rusty garden containers look great with the fall colors of orange and yellow. They stand out against the brown rusty color

 

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Comments

  1. Patti Estep says

    September 27, 2016 at 11:15 am

    I love the look of the rust with the bright green of the plants.

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  1. Orange Flowers for the Fall Garden – Garden Chick says:
    September 30, 2016 at 9:22 pm

    […] pot of new fall zinnias a few weeks back for one of my blog post on rusty containers.  They have been planted and are looking great.  Save the seeds for next year’s […]


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