What are the best low maintenance outdoor potted plants for winter?
What are the best winter plants for pots? Perennials like lavender, evergreen shrubs like boxwood, hardy christmas ferns, and cold-tolerant flowers like pansies are all great options for winter container gardening. These include hardy evergreen foliage plants like yucca, english ivy, variegated euonymus and heuchera, and flowering plants like skimmia japonica and hebes. Evergreens tend to be best for year-round pot displays as they are always in leaf and therefore always have something to offer the display.Evergreens tend to be best for year-round pot displays as they are always in leaf and therefore always have something to offer the display. Match them with plants that flower at different times, from spring through to winter.
What to plant in outdoor pots in October?
If your outdoor space is shaded, ferns and shade-tolerant flowers like cyclamen and hellebores are excellent options for autumn planters. These plants thrive in low light and add soft, elegant texture to your container displays. Dracaena Bromeliads Maidenhair Fern (this one I know for a fact will live in shade. Snake plant Philodendron (mine loves indirect light) Calathea (mine is in the shade indoors – gets a little indirect light) Prayer Plant (mine is in full sun.
What potted plants do well in afternoon sun?
Sun loving coleus and bronze leafed wax begonias may work. Just keep the soil moist. Purple Heart (Setcreasea purpurea), pentas, and four o’clocks are other annuals to consider. For perennials try dwarf Mexican petunia (Ruellia), lilyturf, daylilies, and speedwell (Veronica). Plants with attractive foliage, like coleus, offer reliable season-long color with a nearly endless array of colors. Other reliable foliage standbys include Japanese painted fern, sweet potato vine, and Rex begonias. Flowering plants like impatiens, fuchsias, or begonias such as ‘Bonfire’ add color.