Hostas like shady spots, needs lots of water, and are at risk of being eaten by slugs. Does that mean container planting is ...

Dress up your porch or patio with gorgeous evergreen shrubs perfect for winter containers. The key to fabulous winter containers is evergreen foliage, but evergreen doesn't have to mean just green.

However, Podocarpus 'Pringles', from Perfect Plants is a particularly compact evergreen variety and perfect for tight spaces to add vertical interest and year-round privacy. Admittedly, it grows ...

Heuchera, commonly called coral bells, is a hardy perennial in USDA growing zones 3 to 9. The genus has more than 50 species, ...

For plants to thrive in containers they need the right pot, good potting soil and the right location for their needs. Question: I want to garden at home, but I have limited space. Can I grow a ...

When most people think of container gardening, they think that seasonal pots of annuals are their only choice. While annuals do provide more options when it comes to providing color all summer long, ...

Even if you’ve got a beautifully designed garden, there are plenty of reasons to add plants in containers to your home. You can decorate a front porch or backyard patio with boxes or pots of flowers.

Container plants are much more vulnerable to the devastation of summer heat and sun than those planted in the ground. Therefore, you need to provide special care to help them survive -- and more ...

Sometimes it is fun to have plants that you can move on a seasonal basis to enjoy throughout the year. One way to do this is to plant shrubs in containers. You may want plants that you can enjoy on ...

There are many more possibilities for container gardening than your grandmother’s red geraniums and dracaena spikes. Today, gardeners often fill pots not only with annuals but with perennials, herbs ...