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This Information Patio Gardening 101, Read Now

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Some of us have to garden on our patios. Whether because of injury, disability, or preference, here are some great patio gardens you can create.

With container gardens, you can get the soil just right. You pretty much eliminate weeds, having to dig in hard dirt, and the stress to your back. 

I think container gardens are great options for a patio or any place else you might want to garden.

For apartment dwellers, they are perfect.


You can have your whole garden in one large container if you so choose. You will have to decide what plants go in what container given their sun/part sun/shade/part shade preference. 

Put all full sun plants in one container. Put part sun in another container. And so on.

Sun Gardens


Some of the most common choices for full sun perennials in containers are:

Annual Flowers That Do Well in Direct Sun

Many annuals make great choices for sunny areas and container plants. They are also excellent for filling in gaps within sunny borders. Most full sun annuals are accustomed to drought-like conditions, which make them good candidates for these types of areas.
Suitable annuals to grow in pots or sunny borders include:
Shade Gardens



  1. HELLEBORES - early bloomers; partial shade
  2. FERNS - try a Japanese painted fern, maidenhair or deer fern
  3. BEGONIAS - try ‘Bonfire’, Rex or tuberous begonias
  4. HOSTAS - try a minature variety such as 'Tiny Mice'
  5. JAPANESE MAPLES - a single specimen makes a strong statement
  6. BAMBOO - Phyllostachys nigra offers structure and height

Herb Gardens



10 Best Herbs For Container Gardening

Mint, chives, sage, bay, thyme, rosemary, parsley, coriander, basil & sorrel.


Vegetable Garden Guide


Raised Bed Vegetable Gardens



Thrillers, Fillers & Spillers
When you're putting various plants into a container, you might follow the Thriller, Filler & Spiller concept below...

1. Thrillers

Thrillers are tall, upright plants that add the height to the arrangement. Thrillers are the great way to add a vertical aspect to your containers.

Thriller Plant Options
  • Ornamental grasses
  • Alocasia
  • Canna lily
  • Yucca
  • Aster
  • Coleus
  • Cosmos
  • Dracaena

2. Fillers

Fillers are covering plants that spread to fill the gaps between the thrillers and spillers.

Filler Plant Options

  • Geranium
  • Impatiens
  • Petunia
  • Pansy
  • Coleus
  • Dusty miller
  • Begonia
  • Pentas
  • Lantana

3. Spillers

Spiller plants are those that spill over the edges of the container and cascade down.

Spiller Plant Options

  • Allysum
  • Million bells
  • Fuchsia
  • Helichrysum
  • Sweet potato vine
  • Mandevilla
  • Nasturtium
  • Morning glory
  • Bacopa
  • String of pearls


Water Gardens/Aquariums

And if you want a water garden, you can have that on the patio as well. There is the galvanized container water garden. And others are listed below. 

The information for these are in the resource section at the bottom.

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