Not all perennials thrive in smaller spaces like a pot or container. We have a list of some that DO, while remaining both beautiful and easy to care for.

Joellen Dimond discusses flowering perennials, and Tonya Ashworth makes a container garden The Family Plot | Flowering Perennials & Planting a Container Garden | Season 13 | Episode 5 | PBS Skip ...

Plant options. All six of our featured summer annuals and perennials — elephant ear, coleus, lantana, calamint, rudbeckia and echinacea — have a place in the container garden. If you’re ...

Westend61 / Getty Images. Even if you do have decent soil beneath your lawn, it's best not to use it for your container garden. Potted plants—especially edible plants—need lots of nutrition ...

Not all perennials thrive in smaller spaces like a pot or container. We have a list of some that DO, while remaining both beautiful and easy to care for.

As a gardener in the 99%, using perennials in a container seems like a waste of money. Usually plants in containers are changed out throughout the season and most end up being composted come winter.

Perennials can handle colder weather while annuals generally can't. This means you don't have to worry about things like first frost dates and can plant up container gardens earlier in the season.

The “thriller, filler, and spiller” container garden catchphrase has been around since the 1990s and has become familiar to the point of triteness for a reason—it is solid advice packaged in ...

“The most important thing you can do when overwintering container plants is ensure that they’re vigorous and established.” Help your container-grown perennials survive winter Skip to main ...

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