Ms. Stamats also likes to mix in vegetables, like cherry tomatoes or other dwarf varieties. Dwarf eggplant, marigold, strawberry plant and Helichrysum make an especially attractive grouping, she said. Another choice for a sunny location might be spiked dracaena, Cherry Blossom salvia, pink geranium and white supertunia. Perhaps the best part of container gardening is that when the flowers die out at the end of summer, the container can be refreshed with fall plants like mums or ornamental kale. Even then, container gardens are not limited to spring, summer and fall.
Winter gardens are a little complicated but eminently possible.
Dwarf varieties of needled or broad-leaved evergreens can be very happy in a container. Don't forget to water throughout the winter with cold water. During the warmer months, the evergreens can be transplanted to vacation in a more natural setting, and then put back in the container and moved into place when it gets cold again. Still, the warmer months are probably the most popular for container gardens. Within weeks they're mature.