Container Gardening With Tropical Plants

What's on trend for container gardening? A tropical look that combines exuberant colors, lush plantings overflowing from supersized containers, and bold thrillers that make one-of-a-kind designs.

Even if you don't live in a hot, humid climate, you can get the tropical look. These plants will grow beautifully and look striking in containers during the warmer gardening months.

Read on for inspiration about gardening with tropical plants in containers. 

Meagan Zerrusen of
@PottedCharm

Showstopping Tropical Containers

Container designer and boutique nursery owner Meagan Zerrusen of @PottedCharm shares design tips for creating lush, exuberant tropical plantings in containers. Find Meagan's container recipes and diagrams below and use them to create your own bold, showstopping tropical containers.

Vermillionaire^® Cuphea
Silver Falls^™ Dichondra
Blue My Mind^® Evolvulus
Truffula^™ Pink Gomphrena
Graceful Grasses^®
Augusta^® Lavender Heliotropium
Hollywood Hibiscus^®
Hippo^® Hypoestes 
Sweet Caroline Ipomoea 
Luscious^® Lantana
Sunstar^® Pentas 

Southern Blaze^® Phlox
Mojave^® Portulaca 
Rockin'^® Salvia
Whirlwind^® Scaevola
Lemon Coral^® Sedum
A-Peel^® Thunbergia
Catalina^® and Summer Wave^® Trailing Torenia
'Purple Queen' Tradescantia