Container Plants For Shade Patio

Get a mix of varieties with different bloom times for a parade of color all summer long.

Container plants for shade patio.

Produced by mark thompson. Some perennial shade plants for containers are. Look for an upright variety such as baby blue eyes cardinal farges or beacon if you want it as a focal point. Hummingbirds bees and butterflies can t resist the flowers and the plant generously produces spectacular blooms for months.

Most commercial varieties are hybrids bred from parent species that include heuchera americana h. Coral bells are standard garden perennials but they also work well for containers in the shade. For perennial shade flowers try astilbe aka false spirea meadowsweet and false goat s beard. They re an ideal choice if you find strong fragrances off putting as they re practically odorless.

These plants bloom throughout the entire growing season with no deadheading removing spent blooms necessary. Container garden for sun or part shade. Foliage as colorful as flowers. Container porch plants for shade will still need regular water as pots dry out faster than in ground plants.

Multiple shades of green really pop in this modern clean container garden for sun to part shade. Low light plants like astilbe make excellent porch plants for shade. The thriller cephalotaxus adds structure and height while the mix of textures and movement of the other plants make for a standout container in all seasons. Astilbes have feathery plume like blooms that will stand above ferny foliage making them the perfect thriller in a mixed container garden.

Boston fern green sweet potato vine white petunia white daisies botanical blitz 11 18. Not only do you want to think about aesthetics you also want to be conscious of how your plants are going to take to their surroundings and whether or not itâ s even the right time of year for the plants you are interested in. If you are trying to think of ideas for a shade container garden this means that you will need shade plants for containers. For a container in a shady spot you can t do better than a fuchsia plant.

Plants for creating shade containers. Fuchsia is a staple hanging plant perfect for containers on shady porches. Even plants like hosta which are usually focal points in the landscape can be grown in containers. Plant red giant mustard pansies littletunia series petunias and red russian kale for a container that will thrive in the shade.

Caladium white christmas boston fern red begonia tuberosa lysimachia goldilocks creeping jenny the garden diaries plant list 10. 2 of 31 made for the shade robbie caponetto.