I'm loving everyone's container plantings! I really enjoy growing in containers. Most of my containers are cheap plastic pots (because I'm a bit of a klutz and tend to break terra cotta, ceramic etc. Many plants over-winter very well here in Florida unless we have a few back to back winter freezes, which occasionally happens. Some plants that grow as annuals elsewhere are perennial down here.
Virginiarose/Susan: The Pelargonium 'Vancouver Centennial' was a favorite of mine:
Zonal Geranium (Pelargonium x hortorum 'Vancouver Centennial')
They grow about 12" - 18" tall and wide. I had a few of them that overwintered for about three years. The cold didn't end up killing them ... it was no water for four months and total lack of care that did them in! I bought mine at a Wal-Mart garden center a few years ago and I'm going to be on the lookout for them again this year! Even when not in bloom, the foliage is really pretty!
A few of my mixed container plantings, some current ... some past:
Mixed container/hanging basket with Coleus, Caladium, Ornamental Oregano and Tradescantia:
Pink Pentas lanceolata, Fountain Grass, Diamond Frost Euphorbia, etc. planted beneath a dwarf Schefflera:
Caladiums and Celosia:
This one is very overgrown - Codiaeum ("Croton"), Rosa 'Sunny Knockout' and Alternanthera:
Philadelphus inodorus (scentless "Mock Orange") and Morning Glory/Ipomoea nil 'Tie Dye':
