10 Container Garden Ideas Packed With Color for Any Space
These container garden ideas will inspire you to fill outdoor spaces and even indoor spaces with pots of flowers, herbs, or vegetables. If you don’t have a yard, you can fill your balconies and rooms with lush green gardens. Besides being beautiful, container gardens are also very easy to create because you basically need a container, some potting mix, and your favorite plants.
These beginner-friendly container gardens are easy to set up and will only take you an hour or two from start to finish. You will find that they are easy to care for and require minimal maintenance to keep them looking great. Place them outside during warmer months and move them inside during cooler weather to create a garden that lasts year-round.
We’ve put together 10 container gardening ideas to help you get started decorating your home.
01 Cosmos in Concrete Container Garden
This pink and white space makes a lovely container garden with charming pastel colors. The contrast between the colors and the clean lines of the rectangular concrete planter creates an eye-catching impression. The best part is that Cosmos are easy to grow and require minimal pruning.
02 Modern White Container Garden
Create a modern look for your container garden by using white flowers that look charming among the greenery. In this garden, heat-tolerant irises, dipladenia, milkweed, dichondra and calibrachoa were added to create an attractive arrangement.
03 Solar Fountain Plants
You can create a pond and water feature in your garden with a solar fountain. A Piece of Rainbow adds more of them, including baby tutushka, taro, canna lily, Siberian iris, and loriope.
04 Indoor Herbs
Instead of putting everything in one container, consider using multiple containers, like Beautiful Mess did for their home herb garden. Here, mint, oregano, rosemary, basil, thyme and chives are placed in individually colored containers so they can be easily identified.
To take it a step further, consider making clay tree tags to give them a unique, rustic touch.
05 Succulent Centerpiece
You can create your own succulent garden using any vase; in this case it is a galvanized bucket. Chatfield Court chose four types of succulents for her container garden and used them as centerpieces on her dining table. This is an easy project that you can place anywhere to add a little greenery.
06 Orange Container Garden
This container garden welcomes the warm summer months. Red flowers and plants form a beautiful combination that highlights subtle differences in color. It is located front and center of the front door so that every visitor has the pleasure of seeing it.
07 Mixed Color Combo in Container Garden
A professional idea for a container garden is to choose a color combination so that the colors can go together. This striking container garden is decorated with red, purple and white flowers and greenery. A hay pot makes a beautiful window box that can be placed in the shade or sun.
08 Bold Blooms
Don’t be afraid to choose big and bold flowers for your container garden. Here are a few from Proven Winners that will take your breath away. They are filled with different hydrangeas in different sizes and styles of pots so they have a lot of texture. Gather them in groups and they will decorate the entire local area.
09 Indoor Cactus in a Container Garden
Add some zest to your interior with a beautiful Christmas cactus that will lift your spirits even in the cold winter. Bricks ‘n Blooms did this by growing it in a pot on the floor near a window. Give it as a gift or save it for yourself to enjoy all year round.
10 Usable Flowers
Get the best of both worlds with this container garden idea from Sharon Palmer. She has grown a garden of edible flowers, which look beautiful and can add a special charm to any dish. Here she selected nasturtiums, marigolds and lavender and placed them in a beautiful blue and white oval box.