The Top 13 Potted Plants for your Garden

 

 

There may not be a better hobby for letting creative juices flow than flower gardening in pots.

Style, structure, contrasting and complimentary color combos and foliage textures. The sky is the limit!

Here are 13 more popular potted plants for your garden, categorized for ease of selection:

Flowering:

 Impatiens:

Ideal for shady areas, Impatiens offer vibrant color and are easy to care for. 

Geraniums:

Versatile and long-blooming, Geraniums come in various colors and sizes, making them great for containers. 

Petunias:

Known for their large, showy blooms, Petunias are perfect for spilling over the edges of pots. 

Fuchsia:

With their unique, hanging flowers, Fuchsias add a touch of elegance to containers. 

Lantana:

Heat and drought-tolerant, Lantana offers a continuous display of colorful blooms. 

Verbena:

 Cake Pops verbena is particularly heat and humidity tolerant, offering reliable color throughout the summer

Agapanthus:

 Works well in pots, especially when their roots are slightly restricted. 

Foliage

Fancy-Leaf Coleus:

These plants provide beautiful foliage in a variety of color

Heuchera:

Heuchera offers beautiful foliage in a range of colors and textures, making them great for containers. 

Japanese Maple: A beautiful tree that can be kept in a pot, its vibrant leaves are a great addition to containers. 

Herbs & Culinary:

Rosemary:

Fragrant and easy to grow, Rosemary adds a culinary and aromatic element to containers.

Garden Sage:

Similar to Rosemary, Garden Sage is easy to grow and adds a culinary element to containers.

Common Thyme:

 Easy to grow and fragrant, Common Thyme is a great addition to container gardens. 

 

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