I always have fun putting gorgeous plants together to make colorful pots that will be interesting throughout the winter. Container gardens add a great pop to any garden or entry way. I see entryways as places that should be brimming with colors, textures and heights. Pictured here are a little bluestem grass, caramel heuchera (evergreen), creeping jenny, winter bor purple kale and pansies.
Put together your own pot!
- Use a taller evergreen: steeds holly, weeping hemlock, sky pencil holly- there are many options
- Use some interesting texture and color- grasses, heuchera (a wide variety of interesting colors that stay alive through winter), ferns like tassel fern, autumn fern, machino holly fern
- Add in some fall/winter/spring flowers like pansies, violas and ornamental kale and cabbage
- Include something that will trail over the side of the pot- vinca vine, variegated vinca will last through winter
You can also add interesting things like the red branches from Red Twigged Dogwood or branches that have berries on them like holly and winterberry.
There are many options, use your creativity. The nice thing about containers is that you can change things around easily and experiment with different options over the years. It’s the same as gardening- just on a smaller, more manageable level.