The Pot Garden Revisited

The Pot Garden Year in Review--Containers that I'd plant again....




Angelica gigas (above).  Not the edible variety, but even so, this was a great biennial plant for a container during summer. Yes, a flower in my favorite color--aubergine. Not quite burgundy, not quite purple.

 

Salvia guaranitica (right) -- the best annual for attracting hummingbirds in the midwest. Perhaps my favorite annual. 

Caladium in the raised planter in the foreground. Red-leaved fountain grass (Pennisetum) to the left. And a hibiscus trained as a standard in the center back. The hibiscus is another wonderful plant for hummingbirds (and Japanse beetles--grrr).  It's underplanted with petunias, calibrachoa and vines.

What are YOUR favorite annuals for container gardening?