Hi Angie,
I'm so sorry that I didn't answer this before - somehow it slipped through the cracks on the deck!
It sounds like you have fun in your garden and that it's easy to run, colourful and productive too.
You mention Basil flowers. They are so pretty. Do you cook a lot with basil? If you do, then nipping off the flowers will send the effort the plant makes to producing the flowers back into the leaves - the flavour will be enhanced and the plant will bush out.
The flowers are edible too and make a nice visual addition to a salad or on top of tomato soup etc. They taste similar to but are milder than the leaves.
In season, I grow two pots of basil, one is strictly for the kitchen and regularly cut back to build up again, and the other is allowed to flower and look pretty and all that. But I am not so nutty, they complement each other all the time - I just love basil and tomato sarmies!
Anyway, keep us informed about your containers,
Cheers
Last edited by Lestie4containergardens; 08/27/15 02:20 AM.