This is a variant of the freestanding gutter garden but you get more space for your plants as it can fit up to six 9 to 10 foot gutters.
Best plants for rain gutter garden.
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You don t actually need to use rain gutters specifically to make one of these space saving gardens.
This gutter garden design offers the most space to grow strawberries lettuce herbs spinach and other greens with shallow roots.
However another idea for these rain gutters is that it can have an automatic watering system especially for those plants which require a lot of watering this page link has lot of self watering rain gutter gardening ideas.
Prairie ironweed likes full sun and is hardy in zones 3 7.
Other ironweed species also make good rain garden plants.
13 diy gutter garden ideas to grow plants vertically.
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The rain gutter garden can be made with different small rooted plants.
Perfect for small spaces you can also use them to create privacy or for decoration.
In mid to late summer it is topped by purple flowers.
The premise of rain gutter gardening is that any length of rain gutter makes a useful garden container.
The name is a misnomer however.
These are easily upcycled and repurposed into planters in a variety of clever and inventive ways.
Basically these gardens are usually made using old rain gutters.
Rain gutters as fence decoration.