Full Sun Low Maintenance Outdoor Potted Plants

Coneflowers come in a variety of colors including purple red pink and yellow.

Full sun low maintenance outdoor potted plants.

It just keeps blooming. Coneflowers can grow between 2 and 5 feet tall they can add height and will look amazing in a large planter with smaller plants also. Potato vine aka jasmine nightshade is an easy vine to grow and doesn t need much maintenance. If you crave blue tones in your full sun pots make room for scaevola.

A slow grower with a potentially wide spread at maturity the zz plant can handle low light indoors like a champ. Disease free and rarely needing a prune the slow growing low maintenance shrubs can reach. Foliage of green blue green burgundy gold or gray. The soil in your container should be loose and well draining and you ll need a spot with full sun for at least 6 to 8 hours.

Most varieties will naturalize as well so you ll get more of them over time but not in a bad way. They thrive in full sun and can be planted in the ground or they also do great in containers. Full sun to part shade. In zones 5 to 9 bottlebrush buckeye does well in full sun or deep shade so long as it gets enough water.

The upright narrow habit of this cultivar of our native arborvitae fits the bill as the vertical accent that many containers need. The best potted plants for full sun part sun and shade within low maintenance outdoor potted plants view photo 23 of 25 tropical garden archives living asean inspiring tropical inside low maintenance outdoor potted plants view photo 24 of 25. Once you plant them they don t require any maintenance at all. Also known as fan flower this low maintenance annual tumbles out of containers a perfect spiller plant.

There s no need to deadhead scaevola either. It is often marketed as a patio plant and produces pretty little white or purple flowers. In fact many people choose to grow them solely as houseplants. When grown outdoors they are fairly low maintenance and can handle somewhat shady conditions that many other plants can t tolerate.

Speaking of spring bulbs daffodils are the next low maintenance plants on my list of full sun perennials. The plant s low water needs make it a great option for forgetful gardeners its leaves will yellow if you water it too much. If you grow it outdoors be sure to keep it out of direct sunlight. Smaragd zones 2 7 provides excellent year round interest because it maintains its rich green color in winter.