Plant Choices for Container Gardens

Ideal plants for containers:

Cheerful Colour

To keep these plants looking their best, the plants need to be replaced each season.

• Pansies
• Alyssum
• Begonias
• Petunias
• Impatiens
• Salvia
• Lobelia
• Verbena
• Marigolds
• Repeat Flowering Colour

These plants are all perennials and will happily live in pots for 2-3 years before they should be replaced (some last longer). Most should be pruned back in the autumn, check the labels of the individual plants.

• Brachyscombe
• Geraniums
• Colourwave Verbena
• Lobelia Kathleen Mallard
• Colourwave Petunias
• Marguerite daisies
• Dwarf Agapanthus
• Nasturtium Hermine Grashoff
• Felicia
• Perennial Salvia
• Food & Herbs

Extend the kitchen! Many food and herbs plants are suitable for containers.

• Basil
• Mint
• Capsicum
• Parsley
• Chives
• Patio Tomatoes
• Dwarf fruit trees
• Strawberries
• Mandarin
• Thyme
• Meyer Lemon
  

Permanent Plants

Almost any plant will grow in the right sized pot. Slower growing trees are ideal as they require repotting less frequently. Evergreens are recommended for year round colour and texture.

• Agave
• Gardenia
• Aloe
• Metrosideros Tahiti
• Azalea
• Palms
• Bay Tree
• Shaped Box
• Cabbage Trees
• Weeping Maples
• Camellia
• Yucca
• Fatsia

Bulbs in containers:

Below is a list of a few of the more popular bulbs. Many more are suitable for growing in containers, for further information on bulbs visit a Palmers Gardenworld for a copy of our brochure ‘Palmers Guide To Growing Bulbs’.

• Hyacinth
• Muscari (Grape Hyacinths)
• Crocus
• Narcissi (Daffodils)
• Dutch Iris
• Ranunculus
• Freesia
• Tulips