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Plant Ideas for Beautiful Patio Containers

March 12, 2019 ♛ By Melissa J. Will

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Want to know the secret to beautiful garden containers? These plant lists tell you exactly which plants you need to create these eye-catching planters.

Want container recipes for window boxes? See Gorgeous Plant Combinations for Window Boxes.

Plant shopping list with Proven Winners.

Thank you to Proven Winners for providing the images of these plants.


Patio Container Recipe No. 1

Want to create your own patio planters like the ready-made ones you see at garden nurseries? I’ve picked three examples to choose from. You can find these plants wherever Proven Winners plants are sold.

This one is my favorite. Shop in-person to find the blue-est petunias available.


Plant List

ASupertunia® Royal Velvet™
  • Petunia hybrid
  • Duration: Annual
  • Light level: part sun to sun

BGays Delight (Coleus)

  • Solenostemon scutellariodes
  • Duration: Annual
  • Light level: sun or shade

CPegasus® Begonia

  • Duration: Annual
  • Light level: part sun to sun



Patio Container Recipe No. 2

This next one has just three plants that play off each other with contrasting colours and textures.

To get a two-tone pot like this, you could easily create the same effect by spray-painting a plastic pot. Be sure to use spray paint suited for plastic surfaces. Use painter’s tape to get crisp lines and allow proper drying time between coats.


Plant List

APegasus® Begonia

  • Duration: Annual
  • Light level: part sun to sun

BDolce® Appletini (Coral Bells) Heuchera hybrid

  • Duration: Perennial
  • Light level: part shade to shade

CSurefire® Rose (Begonia) Begonia benariensis

  • Duration: Annual
  • Light level: sun or shade



Patio Container Plant List No. 3

Plant list for eye-popping colours.

If you are using a large container like this one, you do not need to fill it with container mix.

Instead, insert something like an upside-down plastic tub to fill half the volume.

Add proper soilless potting mix to the upper half where the plant roots will reside.

This will save you money and the plants will be just as happy.


Plant List

ASuperbells® Dreamsicle (Calibrachoa) Calibrachoa hybrid

  • Duration: Annual
  • Light level: part sun to sun
  • Lobelia erinus
  • Duration: Annual
  • Light level: part sun to sun

BLaguna™ Sky Blue (Lobelia)

  • Lobelia erinus
  • Duration: Annual
  • Light level: part sun to sun

CFlambe® Yellow (Strawflower) Chrysocephalum apiculatum

  • Duration: Annual
  • Light level: sun

DDaredevel® Claret (Zonal Geranium) Pelargonium zonale

  • Duration: Annual
  • Light level: sun

EGraceful Grasses® Blue Mohawk (Soft Rush) Juncus inflexus

  • Hardy zones: 5 to 9
  • Light level: part sun to sun

Recommended Book


Container Gardening Complete book by Jessica Walliser.

Recommended

Container Gardening Complete

by Jessica Walliser

This has everything you want to know about growing plants in containers: flowers, herbs, veggies, and more.

It’s packed with useful information, creative container projects, and lots of beautiful photos.

Buy it Here

And there you go. Be sure to sign up for the free Empress of Dirt Creative Gardening Newsletter for more.

~Melissa the Empress of Dirt ♛

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