When designing a container for your shade loving plants consider using the thriller filler and spiller method.
Container plants for screened porch.
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.
It is brightly striped green and gold and looks spectacular and dramatic either on.
This is one that all of our plant experts chose as a sun lover.
For summer displays use fatsia or herbal topiaries.
This variegated yucca is slow growing drought tolerant and evergreen making it ideal for a container plant.
Marigolds a big pot of marigolds provides a lot of.
Some plants like colorful caladium may not be as brightly hued in shade conditions but will still thrive.
The plant gurus say wave petunias are preferred over ordinary petunias because they last into early.
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.
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.
Perilla coleus rex begonia grasses filler plants that will fill around the tall plant.
It makes a perfect fast growing screen for privacy.
Thriller one tall plant in the middle or back.
Try combinations using camellia skimmia sarcococca david s viburnum boxwood holly and yew.
Even plants like hosta which are usually focal points in the landscape can be grown in containers.
Low light plants like astilbe make excellent porch plants for shade.
Hanging coir planters over a bench.
Great in the sun easy drought tolerant.
Pink and yellow flowers in a barrel and watering cans.