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2009/1/24

20 Container Gardening Plants to try this Spring!

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@ 09:56 AM (10 months, 3 days ago)

Plants that do well in Container Gardening:

  1. Geraniums come in vivid bright colors and smell wonderful plus if you deadhead them they will keep producing blooms all season long.
  2. Coleus comes in a rainbow of colors and heights so check the height of the mature plant first
  3. Double Petunia, what can I save but try the wave!
  4. Marigold doesn't have to be yellow or orange these days, try reds, creams, vanillas and mixed colors
  5. Impatiens do well in shade or full sun, beautiful mix of colors and bloom all season
  6. Begonia are the shade loving queen with huge blooms and deep glossy green leaves in vivid color
  7. Morning Glory are a climbing vine that with a small support can reach up to 12', perfect for arbors
  8. Nasturiums can be either a bushy plant or a climbing vine, colorful and of the herb family
  9. Pentas like the heat but tolerates cooler weather even in the north and attracts butterflies
  10. Pansy are low growing,dainty looking and colorful
  11. Phlox can cascade over the sides of containers and hanging baskets for drama and color
  12. Scaevola are a beautiful trailing plant perfect for baskets  and cascading over a planter in fan-shaped blooms
  13. Portulaca are a colorful blooming plant for hot dry places that comes in fuchsia, pink, orange, scarlet, yellow and white plus some varieties are even streaked with a bi-color for drama
  14. Snapdragons are fragrant, brightly colored and come in various sizes from 10"-4'
  15. Sweet Peas add a soft touch and a heady sweet scent with great color and they climb to 6-12'
  16. Verbena are great in pots, baskets and tubs, subdued colors
  17. Violas are cousin to the pansy, large flowers and brillant colors
  18. Vinca loves full sun and like heat, vivid colors and bushy plants
  19. Achillea are a tall plant of the yarrow family that are great for background in a large container or as a center planting
  20. Campanula are star shaped flowers on cascading plants wih sprawling habit perfect for containers

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