Life in a pot is harsher and the roots aren t as protected as they are in the ground.
Best container plants for fall and winter.
The blue or indigo purple flowers of aster are a symbol of the fall garden and can work equally well in a fall container garden.
For a bee friendly container opt for plants with a generous supply of nectar like crocus hellebores and snowdrops.
Try growing robust plants like hakonechloa macra hylotelephium spectabile and calamagrostis x acutiflora karl foerster.
Sitting in a frost pocket.
Pansies are no doubt the best container flowers.
As container plants they do best when planted in rich soil and kept moist but not soggy.
Because most types grow rather tall as much as 6 feet these are plants best suited for very large containers.
From spring to fall and even in winters in warm climates you can grow pansies.
Grasses kale heuchera and heucherella are colorful textural and can take a little frost so they re dependable anchors for fall pots.
More on winter plants.
For fall containers try some of these cold hardy perennials.