The first part:
The thread "What type of container gardener are you?" in
Containers forum
I had said in the first part (or did I?) that I would be creating a second part sometime soon...6 months ago.
But here I am, back with a part 2. Enjoy, and feel free to tell us what type of container gardener you are, or what type of container garden you have!
Note:
I included the types of container gardeners from the previous list, so that anybody new (meaning anybody that didn't post in the previous list/thread) can post here if they are a container gardener from the first list. The types of container gardeners/gardens that are from the previous list will be written in bold letters, and will be indicated as the old ones.
The list:
Old ones
#1: The Classicist: Formal Style:
Formal gardens appeal to homeowners for a variety of reasons: they reflect the style of a period or older home, they work well in small places, and they impart a sense of order in a landscape. Formal elements appeal to gardeners who appreciate simplicity and repetition. Additionally, a traditional garden plan is easy to lay out and plant.
Formal container gardens, like formal in-ground gardens, get their stylistic good looks from characteristics that define their style. In general, traditional gardens are symmetrical and balanced. Their design relies on heavily on structure, order, and geometry. To achieve these design objectives, think in multiples; repetition is your best friend. If you plant one gorgeous container, plant another one just like it (in an identical pot) to achieve a mirroring, thus traditional, look.
Since structure is a strong element of traditional style, a traditional container garden is all about pot placement. For example, in-ground formal gardens always have a central axis, such as a path. They also depend on a focal point, such as an accent plant, a sculpture, or a bench, to draw the eye inward. You can achieve a similar formal spatial layout by placing containers in a line, square, or circle. A container can be an element of a formal in-ground garden. For example, many formal gardens use containers as a focal point in the center of the garden. If you don't have space for an in-ground garden, you can create a formal garden using containers alone. Combine traditional plants with classic containers for a formal garden look in an entryway or backyard or on a condo or apartment terrace.
#2: The Romantic: Cottage Style:
Are you a gardener who thrills to the sight of lots of color, mounds of flowers, and cascades of foliage—all barely contained in the pot they are planted in? Then you are probably a cottage gardener at heart. Whether you adorn your front porch with big, blowsy pots of flowers, hang flower-laden window boxes at every window, or add colorful containers to your garden beds and borders, flower-filled pots can add romantic exuberance to your yard.
You can achieve a cottage-garden feel—in a container—by planting tightly, excessively, and with color and foliage show in mind. Combining plants of all heights, flower sizes, and textures will produce the most magnificent planters. Good container-planting advice is this: plant a thriller, a filler, and a spiller. Besides looking lovely to a passerby, romantic cottage-garden containers also appeal to wildlife on the wing.
For example, hanging baskets packed with red-and-pink fuchsia flowers will bring in hummingbirds; these flying wonders are attracted to the color red. Window boxes planted with zinnias, Pentax, and tithonia will lure in nectar-seeking butterflies too.
Consider fragrance when you plant. Many cottage-garden favorites are also sweetly scented, which adds to their romantic allure. Fragrant flowers and foliage include jasmine-vine, small rose varieties, and spice-scented dianthus.
Position scent-imbued containers near doorways and windows so you can catch sweet whiffs.
#3: The Individualist: Personal Style:
Let your personal passions and interest drive the design of your containers to express your own individual style.
Surround yourself with the containers, flowers, and colors that you enjoy. Personal style is sometimes referred to as "eclectic style", which means that you are free of any style constraints. You can mix modern with cottage elements, classic urns with country-style galvanized aluminum. You can't break any rules because personal style has none.
Personal container gardens showcase the gardener's passion. Do you love bright colors? Then pick containers in the hues that make you smile, and pack them full with equally bright-blooming flowers. Or are you fixated on just one color? Solitary color themes are easy to create—just choose containers and flowers of one hue. For example, do you like the formality of an all-white garden? Choose white containers (in any style) and fill them with white-flowering and white-foliage plants such as bacopa, dusty miller, and petunias. Is blue your favorite color? Then select blue containers and pack them with the vivid blue blooms of lobelia, fanflower, and blue salvia.
But, of course, you don't have to be either of the "personal style container gardener" examples that I have shown you above, because as I already stated, there are no rules with personal gardening themes and you are free to just plant and organize the way you like!
End of old ones
#4: The Modernist: Contemporary Style:
A contemporary container garden gets its modern moxie from many elements. The sleek design and distinctive form of the containers plays an important role. The size, form, color, and textural qualities from blooming and foliage plants add to the look. And finally, the placement and arrangement of the planters are essential ingredients in the overall modern effect.
When it comes to containers, simple is best. Square, rectangular, or rounded containers offer clean lines. The color scheme for contemporary containers can range from earthy tones to organic metallic colors. These subtle colors create a transition from your home's interior to your outdoor landscape.
Tall, upright plants, due to their textural leaves or distinctive growth habit, fit a contemporary garden design. That's why well-defined, symmetrical plantings are often selected for modern containers. Plants add architectural interest and structure to a container. Columnar plants include shrubs such as arborvitae or boxwood, some types of ornamental grasses, and standard or tree forms of shrubs such as butterfly bushes or roses. These plants offer vertical lines.
Cascading plants such as Burro Tail Cactus, Bacopa, Calibrachoa, or ivy also grow in a consistently well-behaved manner and can be used effectively—and artistically—in containers.
#5: The Cook: Kitchen Garden Style:
A backyard filled with containers full of all sorts of fruits, veggies, herbs, and edible leaves. Is this your container garden? Do you like to go out and smell that fresh smell of lavender, citrus, thyme, and more? The Cook: Kitchen Garden Stylist will love to have all of their containers full of edible plants (or plants with edible fruits or leaves), and will also love to use them when cooking in the kitchen.
#6: The Specialist: Theme Containers:
For every type of specialty in-ground garden—Asian, rock, or alpine—there is a corresponding way to create the same type of garden in a container. In some ways, specialty gardening is even easier in containers because these gardens are often intricate, complicated, and require a certain level of care. Tiny specialty gardens require less work than a large-scale specialty garden—merely because the space is smaller. The added benefit of creating a small-space specialty garden in a pot is that you can position these special container gardens where they can be admired up close.
Asian gardens, incorporating the clipped-to-precision forms of bonsai tree and shrug varieties, are lovely when created for tabletop decoration. Naturalistic and minimalist, these gardens create detailed landscapes in miniature. Asian garden plants include dwarf conifers, Scotch moss, mondo grass, and weeping tree varieties.
Rock or alpine gardens, which mimic alpine mountain scales, allow you to grow tiny species of plants that may otherwise be overlooked in a landscape. Alpine rock garden plants include low-growing sedums, creeping phlox, and primula.
@whatnots2015!
That's my category, too! Several years ago before I had put in my garden, I acquired several large ceramic pots and got into the "thrill, fill, spill" method. I must say I thoroughly enjoyed the results, but these days I'd rather use my plant budget for in-ground perennials than annuals. However, I do use lots of pots for leftovers and miscellaneous impulse buys. Some are permanently placed around the yard, others are for plants I'll move as the sun/shade locations change seasonally.
Kim! Nothing exotic or rare, but it worked for me. 
