Potted Flower Garden

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Potted flower garden. Verbena is a great container garden plant for the sun because it will flower all summer long and even into the fall. This is a zen garden on a deck that includes an terrific mixture of flowers and plants using a variety of pot styles. One of my favorite deck flower and plant displays. Look for plants that have colorful foliage such as the coleus used here.

The display is set up in a tiered cascading fashion creating a burst of color in the corner of the deck. Many plants thrive in containers. This adaptable flower is sometimes called summer snapdragon. Coleus solenostemon black dragon 3.

The spillers are plants that offer added dimension and interest by spilling over the containers. The thriller is usually a big focal point plant in the center. There is a magic formula in almost all these beautiful container gardens and flower pot designs. With fantastic foliage you don t even need flowers in a container for gardening.

These profuse bloomers are extremely forgiving and come in a wide range of colors. As a bonus verbenas are great for attracting butterflies. Its spikes of purple white or pink flowers appear all summer long no matter how high the mercury rises. This is a great example of incorporating cacti in your patio.

Thriller filler spiller. They are drought tolerant and only need an average amount of water. Coleus solenostemon wizard jade 3. Some varieties of angelonia have larger blooms while dwarf varieties are the perfect size for container gardens.

The fillers are secondary plants that make the planting look full and vibrant. They do need good drainage and like most flowering annuals verbenas. Ruellia brittoniana 1. This planting grows best in partial shade.

Potted cacti in clay pots on a white cinder block railing. Make sure there s a hole in the bottom of your pot so plants don t drown and read the tag or talk to the. The most important thing is good drainage says barbara wise author of container gardening for all seasons.