Container Gardening - Best Plants And Vegetables To Grow In Pots

Selecting Plants For Container Gardening

Planting and growing tips on what is needed for healthy potted plants. With recommendations of plants, vegetables and herbs grown in containers.Choosing the right container is just as important as selecting the best plant for potting. From hanging baskets and windowboxes to tubs and pots. New or recycled. The choice of options is endless. Plants have specific needs and that is most important to ensuring your container planting project is rewarded with healthy, spectacular results.

Asarum splendens, Quicksilver Chinese Wild Ginger (Photo: Rosana Brien / My Garden Plot)

Growing Wild Ginger

Growing wild ginger is easy. The details here provide information on where to plant and how to grow and care for Asarum in your garden.

Campanula isophylla (Italian Bellflower) Star of Bethlehem (Photo: Trevor Brien / My Garden Plot)

How To Grow Campanulas

The Campanula or bellflower are low-growing perennials. Here are recommendations and tips on where to plant, and how to grow and care for them.

Ilex-crenata (Evergreen Japanese Holly) Black Berries (photo by Rosana Brien / My Garden Plot)

Grow Ilex Crenata

Ilex crenata or evergreen Japanese holly is a good alternative to boxwood shrub. Here are tips how to grow, care and prune Japanese Holly.

Asplenium scolopendrium, Hart's Tongue Fern

Hart’s Tongue Fern Care

Asplenium scolopendrium (Hart's Tongue Fern) is a hardy evergreen fern. Learn how to grow and care for this ornamental fern in your garden.

Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens', black mondo grass berries (photo by Rosana Brien / My Garden Plot)

Black Mondo Grass Care

Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens' or black mondo grass is easy care and low maintenance. It is suitable for edging, groundcover and container gardening.

Variegated False Holly - Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Goshiki' (photo by Rosana Brien / My Garden Plot)

Osmanthus Heterophyllus False Holly

Osmanthus heterophyllus or false holly is an evergreen plant similar to Christmas holly. Learn how to grow and prune false holly shrub.

Holly Bush With Winter Frost (Photo By Liz West)

Holly Bush Care

Everyone recognizes Ilex or holly bush. Here are care tips for where to plant, how to grow, prune and more about holly shrubs and trees.

Aucuba japonica ‘Mr Goldstrike’ - Japanese Aucuba, Spotted Laurel (photo by Rosana Brien / My Garden Plot)

Aucuba Shrub Guide

Aucuba japonica, or spotted laurel, is a low maintenance, attractive evergreen shrub. Here are tips on how to grow and prune aucuba shrubs.

Choisya ternate - Mexican Orange Blossom, Mexican Mock Orange (photo by Rosana Brien / My Garden Plot)

Choisya Mexican Orange Blossom

Choisya ternate, also known as Mexican orange blossom or Mexican mock orange, is a fragrant flowering, evergreen shrub. Tips how to grow and prune.

Perovskia atriplicifolia, Russian Sage 'Little Spire' (photo by Rosana Brien / My Garden Plot)

How To Grow Russian Sage

Aromatic Russian sage is a summer and autumn flowering perennial. Here are tips for where to plant and how to grow Perovskia atriplicifolia.

Dusty Miller 'Silver Dust' Foliage (photo by Rosana Brien / My Garden Plot)

Dusty Miller Plant

Tips for planting and growing dusty miller plant (silver ragwort) in the garden. How to grow and care as a perennial or annual depending on your region.

Ericaceae - Irish Heath - Daboecia cantabrica ‘Amelia’ Cantabrian Heath (photo by Rosana Brien / My Garden Plot)

How To Grow Daboecia Cantabrica

Guide on how to grow Daboecia cantabrica (Irish heath) showing how easy it is to plant, care and prune this low-growing, evergreen shrub.