Building a Container Garden
Building a container combination is like making a bouquet. You need a focus flower, filler flowers and filler foliage, but we all know that rules are made to be broken!
SUN FOCUS FLOWER
Geranium
Penta
Lantana
Petunia
SHADE FOCUS FLOWER
Impatiens (New Guinea, double)
Begonia
Dragonwing begonia
Lotto begonia
SUN FILLER FLOWERS
Nasturtium
Heliotrope
Lobelia/alyssum
Calibrachoa
Petunia
Cigar plant
Verbena
Scaevola
Vinca/Impatiens
Sanvitalia
SHADE FILLER FLOWERS
Torenia (vining and upright)
Bacopa
Geraniums (ivy and upright)
SUN FILLER FOLIAGE
Helichrysum
Vinca vine, spike, asparagus fern
Grasses (Ponytail grass, Fiber optic, etc)
Scented geraniums
Herbs (thyme, sage, rosemary, etc)
SHADE FILLER FOLIAGE
Vinca vine, spike, asparagus fern
Carex
Rex begonia
Caladiums
Ferns
Ivy
Some of our favorite combinations:
Verbena + Petunia + Helichrysum
Lantana + Penta + Nasturtium
Japanese maple + Hakonechloa + variegated Aquilegia
Sometimes the best pots contain just one plant!