Growing container plants is the easiest way to beautify your home. Make your boring study room more interesting by adding a pop of color to dark areas, make the energy scream in your living room by adding a cascade of foliage containers and mix up the colors and textures! They also add volume to your garden. Having these container plants sit on your terrace, verandah, patio, front door, windowsills or rooms, you would want to be sure that they will always look good. So, choose the plants that always look their best with a little effort from you. We have narrowed them down for you!
Evergreen Plants
Evergreen is a plant with leaves that remain green and lush for more than one growing season. Almost all evergreen plants grow well in pots, including those that can grow larger. But fortunately, most evergreen plants grow so slowly that they last for years in their pots. Looking at your lawn or garden covered with a blanket of snow can be frustrating. Good thing these evergreen plants grow well in pots and can withstand cold environments. Boxwood, Yucca, Fatsias, and English Ivy, just to name a few of the evergreen plants that do well in containers.
Fountain Grass
If you opt for ornamental grass, this plant might interest you. Fountain Grass is an innate container and fills the flowerpot with its springy, curved nature. Its color varieties are red or purple foliage, and other cultivars are in the shades of green and contrast with other plants in your garden or patio. This plant requires medium-moisture well-drained soil and enjoys a full sun time. So if you are living in a mostly sunny state or country, you might want to add this to your garden.
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Buddleia Buzz
Don’t let having limited space in your garden or patio stop you from adding a buddleia to your collection. Buddleia shrubs are known for their scent and attractive flowers, and they attract pollinators like butterflies. They are relatively easy to maintain, and if planted in well-drained and fertile soil, they are likely to bloom.
Hebe
Are you looking for a pretty, low-maintenance plant for your garden or porch? Then you might want to add Hebe to your collection of container plants. They are hassle-free as they have low-nutrient demands and require just a bit of trimming. Growing them in containers and growing them in the ground is not really that different.
The finest hebes for growing in containers are the petite and compact varieties like Hebe Caledonia, Hebe Heartbreaker, which grows about the same size as the Caledonia, Hebe Emerald Green or some call it Emerald Gem are dwarf shrubs, Hebe Pascal, which changes its green leaves to burgundy during colder weather and grows lavender-blue flowers in summer.
Heuchera
Heuchera, also known as Coral Bells, grow well in containers and like to mix with other plants. Thanks to the variety of colors of their leaves, Heuchera is easily suitable for almost any design. This becomes the top choice plant if you want to add exciting colors and texture to your garden or patio. To list a few of the Heuchera family:
Heuchera Lime Marmalade has vibrant lime-colored ruffled leaves, while Heuchera Sashay displays its ruffled dark green leaves with a fascinating contrast of burgundy and pink underneath. Heuchera Midnight Rose has larger leaves with magenta spots that turn to a cream shade over the course of the season. It is definitely a perfect plant for growing in containers. Heuchera Delta Dawn has brick-red leaves with bright green edges and red roots, which makes this plant one of the most interesting heuchera varieties. Also a good choice for containers.
Sunbathed or not, Heuchera plants don’t care! You don’t have to worry about setting them up in any light conditions. They are considered plants in the shade and pretty much do their best after 6 hours of sunbathing.
Agapanthus
These plants work well in containers because they thrive best when their roots are restricted. They grow on their own, or you can as well mix them with other plants that bloom at different times of the year. Agapanthus makes unique patio plants because they require a shaded spot in the sun. They start producing beautiful flowers in the mid-year, depending on the variety and bloom for weeks.
Hostas
Hostas are among the perennials that grow very well in containers. They come in thousands of varieties and are low-maintenance, making them the perfect plant for preoccupied gardeners. While some hostas can make it through the deep shade, most prefer a streak of the morning sun.
With a bountiful variety of plants that do well in containers, there’s no reason for you not to join the bandwagon of growing container plants!
