Best Patio Container Plants

Although it can be a fast spreading menace when grown in the ground bamboo is a dramatic specimen plant when grown in a large container where it can t escape.

Best patio container plants.

It is hardy in zones 4 8. While petunias and marigolds are reliable old standbys in pots consider these other colorful plants and newer varieties that offer long lasting beauty in any container. Like most heavy flowering plants cinerama should be deadheaded and fertilized regularly. Plus keeping them up high protects them from your garden s resident chipmunks and other rodents.

This tropical sunrise calibrachoa makes for a perfect container plant. Plant them in hanging baskets or in pots on tall plant stands to showcase their beauty. Its compact habit maturing at 3 4 ft. Maybe they have plentiful flowers colorful foliage or graceful trailing stems.

Tall and wide is perfect for patio pots. Well baby cakes is a dwarf blackberry without thorns. Creeping jenny lysimachia nummularia also known as moneywort is the perfect patio plant for container edging ground covers hanging baskets or anywhere you want a splash of chartreuse foliage. If you are growing cineraria in a container choose a large pot with plenty of good moisture retaining potting soil and locate the pot in partial shade.

10 plants for pots and containers clematis some clematisare suitable for growing in containers. Evergreen clematis is often sold tied to an upright stake but its trailing habit makes it perfect for the edge of a container. It makes a perfect fast growing screen for privacy. These are the best container plants.

Partner with spring bulbs for a dash of colour. But some plants are born to shine just a bit brighter. To a gardener all plants are stars. Baby cakes offers up large tasty blackberries in summer and may produce an encore crop later in the season in some climates.

Strawberries need full sun.