Gardening Ideas
Container Gardening
Perennials for Container Gardening

If you’re looking to be a bit more budget-conscious as a gardener, using perennials and shrubs in containers can help you get more bang for your buck! Check out our perennial plant recommendations, overwintering tips, and more.

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ALL CONTAINER GARDENING PROJECTS

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CONTAINER TRELLISING

Check out five ways to support your climbing plants with a trellis that complements the style of your home and garden!

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SCREEN YOUR VIEW IN STYLE

Learn how to add a lush living screen to an outdoor space that’s in need of a bit more privacy or just some vertical green space!

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A MOVEABLE FEAST

Learn the secrets to creating a flexible patio space that can be quickly rearranged to suit any upcoming event! Follow our step-by-step DIY to learn how to build mobile crate planters.

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MULTI-SEASON CONTAINER GARDENING

A new season doesn’t have to mean new containers! Find planting suggestions and learn how you can reinvent the same container to suit all four seasons.

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CONTAINER DESIGN TWO WAYS

Learn how you can use the versatile 2025 Recipe of the Year ‘Ireland’ in both upright containers and window boxes.

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PROVEN ACCENTS®

These resilient foliage plants will add depth, texture, and floods of color to any container, patio, or landscape.

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2024 NATIONAL RECIPES

Explore 2024’s award-winning plant combinations.

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GROWING SOLO

Plant up individual varieties, and arrange them later!

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CONTAINED ABUNDANCE

Use these planting diagrams to create next level combination plantings. Their size and vibrance will truly impress!

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COMBINATIONS FOR SUN & SHADE

Check out these versatile plantings for sunny and shady areas.

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TERRA-COTTA PLANTER WALL

Vertical gardening is made easy in this in-depth DIY using terra-cotta pots and a wooden fence.

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DIY: BUILD YOUR OWN CRATE PLANTER

Set your patio decor apart with this boho-chic planter made of upcycled wooden crates. We’ll show you the whole process.

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FOUR SEASONS CONTAINER

Another take on the all-season container, featuring North Pole Thuja

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WINDOW BOX WALL

See how Casey Lynn Lawrence created a show-stopping window box wall with a lush assortment of coleus, sweet potato vines, salvias, and petunias.

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