Growing about three feet tall and wide this graceful evergreen boasts soft textured foliage reminiscent of bamboo that s great for combining with coarser plants like hydrangeas.
Best front porch plants for shade.
Plants in containers require different care.
Here are my favorite shade plants for the front porch and below i ve made a short video with tips on planting.
Use colorful foliage instead of flowers.
It s hard to find flowering plants that do well in the shade.
Plants like caladiums and creeping jenny will thrive in the shade and they ll also add great color and movement to your planters.
Sometimes you need to think outside of the box.
It thrives in part sun or shade in moist well drained soil.
These gorgeous shade loving plants will transform your containers into an oasis for your patio porch or doorstep.
Deadhead lavender flower spikes to keep plants bushy or leave them to attract hummingbirds to the patio.
Try flowering plants that are marked part sun.
Flowering plants will need at least a little bit of sunlight to bloom but many foliage plants enjoy their best color in low light.
Container porch plants for shade will still need regular water as pots dry out faster than in ground plants.
Container plants are the ultimate in modular style infinitely adaptable depending on changing seasons and preferences.
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Here are some of my favorite plants for a shady porch.
Pretty yellow flowers crown the shrub in winter.
A spot of color and life on your front porch can ease the winter doldrums.
Even plants like hosta which are.
Here are a few tips.
If you re looking for a trailing plant to frame your front door whether you plan to hang it or let it trail upwards from a pot or a window box english ivy is a great.
Put them on your front porch or patio for some green in your life.
Tuck a little moss around the base of the plant for a finished look.
So dust off your gardening gear and pot up a couple cold hardy containers.
Plant them at the container s edge in front of a tall spiky plant like purple millet.
But a single hosta plant will grow quite well in a container and this plant thrives in the shade.
Low light plants like astilbe make excellent porch plants for shade.
Grow coleus in sun or shade but keep it well watered for best growth.
Glorioski do i love this plant.