| I was just given some beautiful containers for my deck and would like to plant them with perennials. What plants would you suggest? |
| You'll want to fill your containers will potting soil rather than garden soil. Here are a few suggestions for planting: Classic Blue, Silver & White Combo Pot Mandevilla 'Alice du Pont' - Standard or Plectranthus argentea Scaevola 'Blue Wonder' Zinnia 'Crystal White' Nierembergia white and blue Petunia integrefolia white Plectranthus marginatus or Helichrysum petolare Container Planting for Shade Fuchsia 'Gartenmeister' Standard Dicentra eximia Begonia richmond alba Heuchera 'Plum Pudding' Coleus 'Compact Red' Impatiens dark pink Aspenidum bulbiferum Container Planting for Sun Pennisetum rubra or Phormium - 'Bronze Beauty' or Musa 'Bloodleaf' Alternathera 'Purple Select' Lantana 'Light Yellow' Coleus (dark upright) Abutilon Souvenir de Bonn Centaurea gymnocarpa Enjoy your new container garden! |
