Container Plants For Screened Porch

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Container plants for screened porch.

Create a formal atmosphere on your screened porch by using elegant tables and benches along with the greenery of potted shrubs and small trees. Hydrangeas in a hamper with pansies. Pink and yellow flowers in a barrel and watering cans. Some plants like colorful caladium may not be as brightly hued in shade conditions but will still thrive.

Marigolds a big pot of marigolds provides a lot of. A wonderful way to use shade plants for the porch is in a large container. The plant gurus say wave petunias are preferred over ordinary petunias because they last into early. A white container is a perfect base for your shady arrangement.

Thriller one tall plant in the middle or back. Great in the sun easy drought tolerant. Perilla coleus rex begonia grasses filler plants that will fill around the tall plant. Although it can be a fast spreading menace when grown in the ground bamboo is a dramatic specimen plant when grown in a large container where it can t escape.

Low light plants like astilbe make excellent porch plants for shade. Plant a cast iron plant aspidistra elatior moonlight caladiums dazzler white impatiens silver ribbon fern asparagus fern korean rock fern and variegated creeping fig. With a little work and a lot of inspiration make your porch planters shine. Hanging coir planters over a bench.

Plants for hanging baskets tuberous begonias begonia toberosa and bush violet browallia speciosa work well for hanging baskets on a screened porch that gets dappled sun or bright shade. This variegated yucca is slow growing drought tolerant and evergreen making it ideal for a container plant. Even plants like hosta which are usually focal points in the landscape can be grown in containers. It makes a perfect fast growing screen for privacy.

It is brightly striped green and gold and looks spectacular and dramatic either on.