These gorgeous shade plants will invigorate your container garden rice cactus rhipsalis cereuscula silver falls dichondra dichondra argentea silver falls coleus solenostemon scutellarioides aureola japanese forest grass hakonechloa macra aureola japanese maple acer palmatum.
Container plants for shaded porch.
It is brightly striped green and gold and looks spectacular and dramatic either on.
Perilla coleus rex begonia grasses filler plants that will fill around the tall plant.
Tall middle and low.
A wonderful way to use shade plants for the porch is in a large container.
Coleus is one of the best known of all shade plants for good reason almost.
It is the plant you simply chose the wrong plant.
11 great shade plants for container gardens.
Plant a cast iron plant aspidistra elatior moonlight caladiums dazzler white impatiens silver ribbon fern asparagus fern korean rock fern and variegated creeping fig.
Even plants like hosta which are usually focal points in the landscape can be grown in containers.
This variegated yucca is slow growing drought tolerant and evergreen making it ideal for a container plant.
When designing a container for your shade loving plants consider using the thriller filler and spiller method.
Good vine like or cascading succulents for shade include wax plant burrow tail mistletoe cactus string of pearls string of hearts and rosary vine christmas cactus easter cactus and night blooming cereus.
Fuchsia fuchsia spp torenia torenia fournieri coral bells heuchera species and hybrids begonias begonia.
Growing succulents in the shade.
Coleus plectranthus scutellarioides the spruce kara riley.
A white container is a perfect base for your shady arrangement.
Around that the middle plants such as fuchsia and hosta and the low plants such as impatiens and forget me not should be placed.
Some plants like colorful caladium may not be as brightly hued in shade conditions but will still thrive.
Low light plants like astilbe make excellent porch plants for shade.
The tall plant such as a fern should go in the center.
Thriller one tall plant in the middle or back.
This will add visual interest.