Hydrangeas in a hamper with pansies.
Container plants for screened porch.
Low light plants like astilbe make excellent porch plants for shade.
A wonderful way to use shade plants for the porch is in a large container.
It is brightly striped green and gold and looks spectacular and dramatic either on.
The plant gurus say wave petunias are preferred over ordinary petunias because they last into early.
Although it can be a fast spreading menace when grown in the ground bamboo is a dramatic specimen plant when grown in a large container where it can t escape.
Create a formal atmosphere on your screened porch by using elegant tables and benches along with the greenery of potted shrubs and small trees.
Plants for hanging baskets tuberous begonias begonia toberosa and bush violet browallia speciosa work well for hanging baskets on a screened porch that gets dappled sun or bright shade.
Pink and yellow flowers in a barrel and watering cans.
Plant a cast iron plant aspidistra elatior moonlight caladiums dazzler white impatiens silver ribbon fern asparagus fern korean rock fern and variegated creeping fig.
When designing a container for your shade loving plants consider using the thriller filler and spiller method.
Hanging coir planters over a bench.
For summer displays use fatsia or herbal topiaries.
This variegated yucca is slow growing drought tolerant and evergreen making it ideal for a container plant.
Marigolds a big pot of marigolds provides a lot of.
Perilla coleus rex begonia grasses filler plants that will fill around the tall plant.
Even plants like hosta which are usually focal points in the landscape can be grown in containers.
With a little work and a lot of inspiration make your porch planters shine.
This is one that all of our plant experts chose as a sun lover.
Great in the sun easy drought tolerant.
Try combinations using camellia skimmia sarcococca david s viburnum boxwood holly and yew.
Some plants like colorful caladium may not be as brightly hued in shade conditions but will still thrive.