What plants look good all year round in pots?
A few of our favourite low maintenance plants include buxus balls, cordylines, eucalyptus, fatsia caster oil, ornamental grasses and palms and each of these plants are hardy and evergreen meaning you will have all year round structure within your garden displays. Some of the most popular low-maintenance outdoor potted plants are purple fountain grass, rose, rosemary, garden sage, winter jasmine, fuchsia, japanese maple, and thyme.
What outdoor potted plants do well in the shade?
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. 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).