Annuals are easy to care for and are fast to perform.
Dwarf varieties of summer annuals may be planted several to a pot, spacing each plant approximately six inches apart. One plant should be enough for a six or eight inch pot. Dwarf and compact varieties of marigold, zinnia, dahlia, begonia and cosmos adopt readily to pot culture. There are non-flowering plants, too, for containers, which have a wide range of colorful foliage. Lush summer greens for pots may include ferns, fatsia, banana, English ivy, elephant ear and aucuba.