Plants for Sunny Containers

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PLANTS FOR SUNNY CONTAINERS

VERTICAL OR SPIKE PLANTS FOR THE SUN Hyacinth Bean Vine (Dolichos lablab) These should be about one and a half the height of the Jasmine (Jasmine) container. Lantana (Lantana camara) Agastache (Agastache) Lobelia (Lobelia erinus) Angelonia (Angelonia angustifolia) Mandevilla (Mandevilla x amabilis) Brazilian verbena (Verbena bonariensis) Million Bells (Calibrachoa hybrid) Cabbage Palm (Cordyline terminalis) Moon Vine (Ipomea alba) Canna (Canna) Morning Glory (Ipomea purpurea, tricolor) Cape daisy, Sunscape daisy (Osteospermum) Nasturium (Trapaeolum majus) Castor Bean (Ricinus communis) Nemisia (Nemisia fruticans) Cobbitty Daisy, Marguerite (Argyranthemum) Nolana (Nolana paradoxa) Cockscomb (Celosia cristata) Petunias (Petunia x hybrida) Cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus) Portulaca (Portulaca gradiflora) Dahlia (Dahlia) Potato Vine (Solanum jasminoides ‘Variegated) Daylily ‘Happy Returns’, ‘Stella d’Oro’ (Hemerocallis) Supertunia (Petunia x hybrida) Egyptian Starflower (Pentas lanceolata) Surfinia (Petunia x hybrida) Flowering Tobacco (Nicotiana) Swan River Daisy (Brachycome iberidifolia) Flowering Maple (Abutilon) Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritime) Gaura (Gaura lindheimeri) Sweet Potato Vine ‘Blackie’, ‘Marguerite’ (Ipomea batatas) Gerber Daisy (Gerbera jamesonii) Tapien Verbena (Verbena hybrid) Gloriosa daisy (Rudbeckia hirta) Temari Verbena (Verbena hybrid) Love lies bleeding (Amaranth) Torenia ‘Summer Wave’ (Torenia trailing) Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) Tortuga Verbena (Verbena hybrid) Ornamental Grasses Trailing Flowering Maple (Abutilon) Red Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum) Verbena ‘Imagination’ (Verbena spp.) Sage – Hummingbird, Rhea, Splendens (Salvia ssp.) Snapdragon, tall cultivar (Antirrhinum majus) MOUNDING OR FILLER SUNNY FLOWERS – Spike plant (Dracaena) Many of these plants will arch or flow over the side of the Tall Marigold (Tagetes sp.) container. Tall Zinnia (Zinnia elegans) Aster, Pot ‘n Patio (Aster) Any vine on a vertical support Astericus ‘Gold Coin’ (Asteriscus) Flowering Maple (Abutilon) TRAILING AND EDGING SUNNY FLOWERS Coreopsis ‘Moonbeam’ (Coreopsis verticillata) Bidens (Bidens ferulifolia Cup Flower (Nierembergia hippomanica) Black-eyed Susan Vine (Thunbergia alata) Dahlia ‘Figaro’, ‘Diablo’ (Dahlia) Bleeding Heart Vine, Glory Bower (Clerodendrum) Dianthus Telstar series (Dianthus) Blue Daze, Hawaiian Blue Eye (Evolvulus) Floss Flower (Ageratum houstonianum) Bougainvillea (Bougainvillea) Geranium zonal (Pelargoniaum spp.) Canary Creeper (Tropaeolum peregrinum) Gerber Daisy (Gerbera jamesonii) Cape Leadwort (Plumbago auriculata) Heliotrope ‘Marine’ (Heliotropium) Cardinal Climber (Ipomoea x multifida) Lantana, upright (Lantana) Chenille Plant (Acalypha hispida) Marigold, short cultivars (Tagetes patula, tenuisecta) Cigar Plant (Cuphea ignea) Melampodium ‘Showstopper’ (Melampodium divaricatum) Creeping Zinnia (Sanvitalia procumbens) Mexican Heather, False Heather (Cuphea hyssopifolia) Cypress Vine (Ipomea coccinea) Narrow Leaf Zinnia, Star, or Crystal (Zinnia angustifolia) Dahlberg Daisy (Dyssodia tenuiloba) Pansy or Viola (Viola) Dipladenia (Mandevilla splendens) Plumbago ‘Escapade Blue’ (Plumbago auriculata) Dwarf Morning Glory (Convolvulus tricolor) Rudbeckia ‘Toto’ (Rudbeckia hirta) Fan Flower (Scaevola aemula) Straw Flower – dry soil (Helichrysum) Gazania (Gazania rigens) Vinca, Madagascar Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) Geranium Trailing (Pelargonium peltatum) Wax Begonia (Begonia x semperflorens) Geranium Ivy (Pelargonium) Zinnia, Dwarf cultivars (Zinnia)