Episode ADI-106 Ornamental peppers have bright fruit and rich green leaves that add color indoors and out. My house gets as gray as the winter sky. I would love to bring summer color inside. You can bring those outdoor plants right inside and add them to some other plants.
Chrysanthemums are also common, outdoors and in gift baskets, and they add a lot of great colors.
The idea is to mix these plants in a large pot with traditional indoor plants, such as a variegated English Ivy, or the bright textured color of many of the ferns now available. Coleus, too, have color right in the foliage. They'll be brighter growing out of doors but still do well indoors too. Add enough porous, fast-draining potting soil to reach four or five inches below the rim of the pot. Gently remove the outdoor plants from their individual containers, making sure to break up the roots since they've been sitting in the pots for a while and the roots tend to compact.