Container-Perfect Plants
Whether you're gardening in a small space like a balcony or windowsill, or you're looking to add color and texture to your patio, container gardening gives you a chance to grow flowers just about anywhere!
You can find a wonderful variety of Perennial Plants, Summer-Blooming Bulbs, and even Wildflowers that thrive in containers, creating a huge statement in any space, big or small.
Perfect Perennials for Containers
Perennials are the cornerstone of many gardens for their hardiness, gorgeous color and longevity. Many gardeners planting small-space gardens don’t realize that there is a multitude of perennial plants that thrive in containers, creating a gorgeous, multi-seasonal statement year after year.
- Try the shade-loving, compact Astilbe Younique Pink. The vibrant plumes are shorter than other Astilbe, making this perfect for containers.
- The shorter Peony Top Splendid delights with full, gorgeous blooms that will fill your balcony or small-space garden with fabulous fragrance.
- Violas are a popular container plant and our Viola Columbine does not disappoint, boasting a multitude of spectacular blue and white blooms.
- Gaillardia is a tough, dependable perennial that is compact, making most of our varieties perfect for containers.
To see our full selection of Perennials that thrive in containers, click here.
Potted Violet Columbine
Perfect Plant Collections for Containers
Not sure how to decide which plants will work together? Choose one of our container collections! They're carefully designed by our garden experts, who pair plants that grow together well and have similar needs for water, light, and soil. You'll easily find a container collection (or two) that you love.
- If you have a shady area, try our Shade Loving Container Collection
- Or, our Hot & Dry Container Collection if you live in dry conditions.
- We also have a sun-loving Succulent Sedum Container Collection
- Tall Ornamental Grass Container Collection can be great to add privacy or a strong vertical element to your space.
Remember, having a small garden does not mean you have limited options! Try compact or dwarf varieties of your favorite perennials and get creative with fun containers. Use your imagination to pair plants, or keep it simple with one of our collections. You'll have a thriving container garden in no time!
Begonias on a windowsill
See All of our Container-Perfect Plants!
Fire and Ice is a variegated Hosta, with pure white leaves with dark green edging. This hosta produces long lasting lavender blooms and is perfect for shade gardens. Plant as a bord...
Learn MoreFire and Ice Hosta Fire and Ice Plantain Lily Hosta Fire and Ice$16.98 Sale $13.99Per Bag of 1Fire and Ice is a variegated Hosta, with pure white leaves with dark green edging. This hosta produces long lasting lavender blooms and is perfect for shade gardens. Plant as a border and or in containers for continuous color and texture. (Hosta)Learn More'Patriot' Hosta is a long-time favorite, noted for the dramatic color contrast it lends to the landscape. Deep green leaves are flanked by broad, white margins throughout the season ...
Learn MorePatriot Hosta Plantain Lily Patriot Hosta Patriot$11.98 Sale $7.79Per Bag of 1'Patriot' Hosta is a long-time favorite, noted for the dramatic color contrast it lends to the landscape. Deep green leaves are flanked by broad, white margins throughout the season and lavender flowers shoot up from tall scapes in late summer. Incredibly easy to care for, this is a tough, forgiving plant that really brightens the shade garden. (Hosta)Learn MoreThe Variegated Hosta Mix combines color-coordinated shades of green, yellow and white, making an attractive, tapestry-like groundcover for shady areas. Known for their tough, easygoi...
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Learn MoreFire Island Hosta Fire Island Plantain Lily Hosta Fire Island$19.98 Sale $9.99Per Bag of 1A unique Hosta for your shade garden, 'Fire Island' is unmatched with bright-yellow leaves on reddish-purple stems. Leaves evolve to light green as the season progresses and are joined by spikes of lavender flowers in mid summer. A perfect choice for container plantings and the front of the perennial border. (Hosta)Learn MoreEarly to bloom and easy to care for, 'Stella D'Oro' Reblooming Daylily is a compact plant and a great choice for edging the front of the garden. Rich, golden yellow blooms come in st...
Learn MoreStella D'Oro Reblooming Daylily Reblooming Daylily Stella D'Oro Hemerocallis Stella D'OroAs low as $19.98 Sale $11.99Per Bag of 3Early to bloom and easy to care for, 'Stella D'Oro' Reblooming Daylily is a compact plant and a great choice for edging the front of the garden. Rich, golden yellow blooms come in strong in early to mid summer, and a reblooming habit brings them on again later in the season. Fragrant. (Hemerocallis)Learn MoreA sturdy and compact hosta, 'Halcyon' has blue, heart-shaped leaves with heavy ribbing and towers of lavender flowers. A handsome choice for the shade garden, 'Halcyon' is an excepti...
Learn MoreHalcyon Hosta Plantain Lily Halcyon Hosta HalcyonAs low as $9.98 Sale $6.49Per Bag of 1A sturdy and compact hosta, 'Halcyon' has blue, heart-shaped leaves with heavy ribbing and towers of lavender flowers. A handsome choice for the shade garden, 'Halcyon' is an exceptional way to add texture and dimension to plant groupings. A first-rate perfomer in containers. (Hosta)Learn MoreThe medium green leaves have wide, irregular pale green to white margins and interesting puckering that adds texture to the shade garden....
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Learn MoreSplendide Ballerina Apricot Cascading Begonia Tuberous Begonia Begonia Splendide Ballerina Apricot$20.98 Sale $13.64Per Bag of 3‘Apricot’ Splendide Ballerina Begonia brings tropical flair to the garden with large, double blooms that cascade from containers all summer long. Layers of soft apricot, warm coral pink, and lemon yellow petals brighten full to part-shade gardens and porches. Crisp green foliage fills out plantings. Hummingbirds adore these non-stop blooms from early summer to fall, and so will you! (Begonia x tuberhybrida)Learn More