Tropical Low Maintenance Outdoor Potted Plants

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Tropical low maintenance outdoor potted plants.

Shrubs and larger perennials often stay smaller in a pot though this depends on the plant climate and container. 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. Nov 04 2019 4 36am. This guide will share eight low maintenance potted plants to refresh your patio this spring.

5 low maintenance outdoor plants that will boost your home s curb appeal. Before you buy plants take a moment to select appropriate containers. They will thrive with little help from you and will not grow out of control if not constantly attended to. With increased urbanization container gardens have come to the rescue to brighten up patios and balconies.

A small tropical garden with low maintenance plants this award winning design transforms a petite patch into an inviting tropical themed outdoor room. Container gardening has enjoyed an increased popularity in the last decade. An evergreen as the centerpiece of a container garden is elegant classic and low maintenance. Most any variety of jade plant is low maintenance because of its ability to tolerate neglect and less than ideal growing conditions.

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. 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. But the blue gray spiky foliage is pretty enough to hold a container garden. There are low maintenance and easy to care for perennial plants that you can grow and need little attention in order to thrive.

With a year round growing season landscape plants in tropical locations can require more maintenance than many homeowners have time for. Better yet colorgrass spiky blue is heat and drought tolerant so it will hold up with minimal maintenance as landscaping bushes. This upright perennial grass reaches about 1 ft. Wide so it s a natural as a groundcover or front of border plant.

Choose one that will hold its shape nicely without a lot of pruning. For a plant life in a container is much different than one in the ground. Solve this by planting low maintenance tropical plants. You can use your house style as a guide.

Containers can provide excellent drainage but the plants depend on you for water and nutrients. This publication is intended to provide information on successful gardening in containers using tropical plant materials.