Creating stunning container gardens is easy with these combinations of annuals, perennials, and grasses.
Get creative with each season, evenin winter, and with themessuch as native plantsthat complement your lifestyle.
(Just remember to never pick a native plant in the wild and add it to your garden.)
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Try a soilless mix, and keep your container well-watered and fertilized.
Look for additional plants such ascoleusorelephant’s earto make this bold and dramatic container garden.
Pick just one or two.
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The deep purple foliage and pink-tinged white flowers of theoxaliswork well with the black-glazed container.
Add holiday cheer to this classic container withcandy cane oxalis, just one of the many available oxalis plants.
The bold leaves of thisfoliage container gardenadd contrast and interest.
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The canna’s can’t-miss form is a focal point of this container.
While charming already, addingornamental grasscreates height, drama, and textural beauty.
The plants were proportionally chosen for this smaller-than-usual container.
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When it gets hot, change the pansies forheat-tolerant annualssuch asangelonia.
As this pot of angelonia shows, grouping one variety in a container underscores a plant’s unique features.
Here, angelonia makes a great color contrast with the annual phlox in the foreground.
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With growth habits ranging from upright to trailing, this container will surely kindly anyone who loveslow-maintenance houseplants.
A. Red-edge peperomia(Peperomia clusiifoliavariegata): 1
B.
Explore othergeranium plant combinationideas for container gardens.
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Here, anornamental grassplays beautifully against chunky coleus and cascading calibrachoa.
Choose heat-tolerant annuals such as cockscomb (celosia) that add colorful texture without much maintenance.
A stately ornamental grass rises above mounding plants, contrasting the trailing creeping Jenny andsweet potato vine.
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By midsummer, the pot will be completely covered with a golden skirt of leaves.
A.Maiden grass(Miscanthus sinensis’Morning Light'): 1
B. Late-bloomingpineapple sagebecomes the crowning glory in late summer when it bears its bright red blooms.
Be sure tokeep your plants well-hydratedto reach their full potential.
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This colorful plant combination is an eye-catching arrangement that fits in well just about anywhere.
Usesmall-space garden strategiesto get the most out of your yard.
A. Scented geranium (Pelargonium graveolens’Grey Lady Plymouth'):1
B.
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Pink can be used in the garden on its own and with planting partners of other colors.
Choose light pink flowers for an airy feel or bright pink flowers that pop against a green background.
Container gardens don’t have to be restrained.
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This collection displaysbeautiful foliage textures and colorful leavesagainst pink and red flowers in a wooden half barrel.
The highlight of this planting is a bright gerbera daisy rising out of the top.
To take your container to the next level, try growinggerbera daisiesindoors and outdoors.
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A. Gerbera daisy (Gerbera’Festival Orange'): 1
B.
For a lush patio garden, trygrouping containers.
Use a galvanized tub for a whimsical aesthetic or an old wheelbarrow for a country feel.
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Anold watering canmakes a surprising but charming pot for flowers.
Be creative with your planter ideas and put together fun, decorative displays whilerecycling unwanted objects.
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