Best Plants For Outside Planters

You can also overwinter cannas indoors then bring them outside the next spring.

Best plants for outside planters.

Part sun to sun. The leaves are anywhere from 10 to 20 inches long and 6 to 8 inches wide and turn a gorgeous burgundy in fall. A tall amaranth such as love lies bleeding amaranthus caudatus or joseph s coat amaranthus tricolor can add color and drama to a container garden reaching heights of around 2 to 4 feet. Colorgrass spiky blue corynephorus.

The cottage garden feel of daisy like cosmos flowers adds a sense of informality and movement to pots and. Primo pretty pistachio and dolce appletini shown here may be. Use as a vertical accent as part of a mixed container. Top 10 plants for containers coreopsis tinctoria.

Coreopsis looks great in a large pot combined with other annuals and perennials. This upright perennial grass reaches about 1 ft. Tall and 8 in. Choose a container with adequate drainage holes as amaranth likes to be moist but not sit in water.

You might know some plants and some may surprise you but one thing is sure you ll like to have some of these shrubs right away in your container garden. Perfect for creating a lush tropical look canna offers large leaves variegated in many varieties and glowing flowers in shades of red orange yellow and pink. The plant may flower in winter in milder climates but it s generally considered an annual. These plants can often be found close to the water so they need moist soil to be happy in a garden.

With its green glossy oval leaves bergenia bergenia cordifolia and cvs zones 3 8 is one of my favorite plants because it is a strong grower that provides a bold element in a container design. Wide so it s a.