Container Plants For Shade Patio

Fuchsia is a staple hanging plant perfect for containers on shady porches.

Container plants for shade patio.

Multiple shades of green really pop in this modern clean container garden for sun to part shade. 2 of 31 made for the shade robbie caponetto. Hummingbirds bees and butterflies can t resist the flowers and the plant generously produces spectacular blooms for months. Produced by mark thompson.

For perennial shade flowers try astilbe aka false spirea meadowsweet and false goat s beard. There are a lot of different factors to consider when planting a garden. Look for an upright variety such as baby blue eyes cardinal farges or beacon if you want it as a focal point. Plants for creating shade containers.

If you are trying to think of ideas for a shade container garden this means that you will need shade plants for containers. Get a mix of varieties with different bloom times for a parade of color all summer long. These plants bloom throughout the entire growing season with no deadheading removing spent blooms necessary. Plant red giant mustard pansies littletunia series petunias and red russian kale for a container that will thrive in the shade.

Astilbes have feathery plume like blooms that will stand above ferny foliage making them the perfect thriller in a mixed container garden. Most commercial varieties are hybrids bred from parent species that include heuchera americana h. Foliage as colorful as flowers. Even plants like hosta which are usually focal points in the landscape can be grown in containers.

Container gardens are wonderful because they allow you to be more liberal with your planting. Boston fern green sweet potato vine white petunia white daisies botanical blitz 11 18. Coral bells are standard garden perennials but they also work well for containers in the shade. Low light plants like astilbe make excellent porch plants for shade.

For a container in a shady spot you can t do better than a fuchsia plant. Caladium white christmas boston fern red begonia tuberosa lysimachia goldilocks creeping jenny the garden diaries plant list 10. 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. A few annuals that are good ideas for a shade container garden are.

They re an ideal choice if you find strong fragrances off putting as they re practically odorless. Container porch plants for shade will still need regular water as pots dry out faster than in ground plants.