Tropical Low Maintenance Outdoor Potted Plants

Nov 04 2019 4 36am.

Tropical low maintenance outdoor potted plants. Patio plants can also help you flex your green thumb if you don t have much space for a traditional garden. With increased urbanization container gardens have come to the rescue to brighten up patios and balconies. 5 low maintenance outdoor plants that will boost your home s curb appeal. This publication is intended to provide information on successful gardening in containers using tropical plant materials.

They will thrive with little help from you and will not grow out of control if not constantly attended to. Shrubs and larger perennials often stay smaller in a pot though this depends on the plant climate and container. You can use your house style as a guide. A small tropical garden with low maintenance plants this award winning design transforms a petite patch into an inviting tropical themed outdoor room.

For a plant life in a container is much different than one in the ground. But the blue gray spiky foliage is pretty enough to hold a container garden. Choose one that will hold its shape nicely without a lot of pruning. A good option is emerald green arborvitae a semi dwarf cultivar that grows in a narrow pyramid shape to around 7 to 15 feet tall.

With these hard to kill plants readily available at nurseries and garden centers there s no reason to let a dry low light space stop you from creating a showstopping backyard. Containers can provide excellent drainage but the plants depend on you for water and nutrients. An evergreen as the centerpiece of a container garden is elegant classic and low maintenance. Here s our list of perennial plants.

Better yet colorgrass spiky blue is heat and drought tolerant so it will hold up with minimal maintenance as landscaping bushes. Before you buy plants take a moment to select appropriate containers. This guide will share eight low maintenance potted plants to refresh your patio this spring. Many prefer the silver jade plant pictured above in containers because the paddle like leaves are a bit bigger less common and prettier with their red edging and silver green coloring.

There are low maintenance and easy to care for perennial plants that you can grow and need little attention in order to thrive. Wide so it s a natural as a groundcover or front of border plant. Most any variety of jade plant is low maintenance because of its ability to tolerate neglect and less than ideal growing conditions. This upright perennial grass reaches about 1 ft.

Tall and 8 in. Container gardening has enjoyed an increased popularity in the last decade.