Here are the Best Architectural Plants to Grow in Containers that you can add to your home and garden for a dimensional appeal!
If you want to add a character to your home and garden, then here are some of the Best Architectural Plants to Grow in Containers for a bold look.
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Best Architectural Plants to Grow in Containers
1. Agave
Botanical Name: Agave
Agaves are an excellent choice for adding dimension and character to colorful patio pots and home entrances. Smaller species like agave colorata and agave bracteosa are especially suitable for growing in pots.
Here are the best types of agaves you can grow
2. Yucca
Botanical Name: Yucca
A mainstay in contemporary gardens, yucca is one of the best architectural plants with evergreen spiky leaves. Being drought resistant, they are easy to grow indoors as well.
3. Giant Elephant Ear
Botanical Name: Colocasia gigantea ‘Thailand Giant’
When it comes to stunning architectural plants, the Giant Elephant Ear takes the cake! This large tuber with tropical-looking foliage stands tall at 8-feet and is a worthy addition to any shade garden.
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4. Sea Holly
Botanical Name: Eryngium
The sea holly adds a spiky texture and color to your patio pots and perennial garden. Its distinctive thistle-like stems are drought-tolerant, making them perfect for rock gardens.
5. Snake Plant
Botanical Name: Dracaena trifasciata
This humble and low-maintenance plant is valued for its thick, sword-shaped leaves that are sometimes dark green or sometimes accented with lighter green borders.
6. Succulents
Succulents come in a variety of shapes and sizes, making them perfect for everyone! You can plant colorful ones in tall and big planters to add a vivid dimension to the landscape!
7. Ornamental Grass
Prized for their unique texture, height, and color, ornamental grasses are a wonderful addition to any landscape. As they tend to get pretty invasive, they are well-suited for container culture.
Here are the best ornamental grasses you can grow
8. Juniper
Botanical Name: Juniperus
If you live in an arid area and want to add a quick-growing evergreen to your home, consider the juniper. This tree bears foliage of intriguing textures and colors, including different shades of green, golden, bronze, purple, silver, and gray.
9. Yew
Botanical Name: Taxus baccata
Yews are aesthetically pleasing, slow-growing conifers that can be grown as a container centerpiece or privacy screen. If you are looking for a gorgeous privacy screen, consider the English yew.
10. Honeybush
Botanical Name: Cyclopia
Native to South Africa, Honeybush is an attractive perennial shrub with icy green, frond-like leaves and sprays of burgundy flowers that lure swarms of bees and birds in search of nectar.
11. Cordyline
Botanical Name: Cordyline
Cordylines are best suited for the tropics and are hardy enough to survive temperatures as low as 15 F. Use large planters and pair them with brightly colored and textured succulents to create a visually dynamic and elegant container garden!
12. Horsetail
Botanical Name: Equisetum arvense
Horsetail is a perennial, water-loving plant that is typically grown to add an edgy look to a landscape. While it grows quickly to about 4-feet tall, it also spreads underground if not contained.
13. New Zealand Flax
Botanical Name: Phormium
A hardy little perennial with bold sword-like leaves, New Zealand Flax is adapted to mild climates. In decorative pots, it becomes a wonderful focal point.
14. Bamboo
Botanical Name: Bambusa vulgaris
Famous for taking over gardens with their invasive underground rhizomes, bamboos are a finicky plant to grow in containers. They demand root space and lots of care, but with the right variety, big containers, and potting soil, it should be easy.
15. Firecracker
Botanical Name: Russelia equisetiformis
This firecracker plant looks smashing with its green, needle-like foliage and red flowers. Grow it in tall planters on the patio for the best display.
16. Bougainvillea
Botanical Name: Bougainvillea
Though it is famous as a climber, it will look equally good in large containers. Keep it trimmed or provide support so that it can climb and showcase its fantastic flowers!
17. Cactus
Botanical Name: Cactaceae
Don’t think that cacti are only meant for small spaces and pots. They also come in tall varieties that you can grow in architectural planters for a dramatic look.
18. Plumeria
Botanical Name: Plumeria
Also popular as frangipani, this plant gives a mini tree-like appearance, making it perfect for large containers. Its fragrant flowers will also add a stunning dimension to the garden.
19. Hydrangea
Botanical Name: Hydrangea
The colorful and large Hydrangea flowers are a must-have in any garden. The plant will be more than happy to thrive in large pots, filling them with magnificent blooms in no time!
20. Cypress
Botanical Name: Cupressus
Coming in many colors, shapes, and textures, Cypress in pots can be a wonderful addition to a garden. Grow it in straight or staggered rows for the best display.
21. Palms
Botanical Name: Arecaceae
Before you plan to grow palm in pots, remember that not all palms do well in containers. Chinese Fan, Mexican Blue, Bismarck, and Lipstick Palms are the best ones you can grow. See more palms here!
22. Clematis
Botanical Name: Clematis
One large planter and clematis are all you need on a patio for stunning decor. ‘Betty Corning,’ ‘Black Prince,’ and ‘Pink Champagne are best for containers!
23. Rose
Botanical Name: Rosa
One of the most versatile plants on this list, roses come in so many colors that there’s one for everyone. You can choose to grow climbing or tall variety, depending upon your requirements.
24. Boxwood
Botanical Name: Buxus
This pretty green shrub will be more than happy to add that rich green color to your garden all year round. Grow them together and trim them in a round shape for a beautiful display.
25. Red Twig Dogwood
Botanical Name: Cornus sericea
With a tall layering of prostrate stems, this plant is a must-have on a patio or a front yard. Pair it with industrial planters to make it look more appealing.
26. Coral Bells
Botanical Name: Heuchera
Coral bells is THE plant of choice if you live in a colder climate. It will be more than happy to dwell in containers while looking fantastic all the time!
27. Chinese Fringe Flower
Botanical Name: Loropetalum chinense
The dark maroon-red foliage of Chinese fringe flower looks awesome in light-colored tall planters. Add multiple containers on a walkway to add a solid appeal to your garden.
28. Thuja
Botanical Name: Thuja occidentalis
This evergreen plant is the best way to add a green element to any space. You can also trim it in various shapes and sizes!
29. Hosta
Botanical Name: Hosta
The variegated foliage of the Hosta can add a stunning look to any landscape. For the best display, pair it up with flowers and grow it in a large container.
30. Japanese Banana Tree
Botanical Name: Musa basjoo
For containers, you have to go with the Japanese Banana Tree if you want that lush tropical look in your garden. Its enormous paddle-like leaves look great, and the fruits are an added bonus! If you live in a tropical climate, you can grow any variety!
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Love the info and the pots great job
I do admire to have such flowers in my backyard
They are wonderful, how can I get the seedlings am here in Uganda
Love all those plants beautiful