By Claire Bickle
Summer pots for vibrant outdoor living
Summer pots are the perfect way to enjoy outdoor living during warm, sunny days and there’s no better way to brighten up your outside spaces than creating some vibrant pots filled with colourful summer blooms. The combination choices are endless and potted flowering plants are an easy, economical way to decorate and liven up a patio, barbecue area, pergola, balcony or doorstep.
Transform small spaces with summer pots
Containers, troughs and hanging baskets are simple yet powerful ways to transform even the smallest outdoor spaces into dazzling displays of seasonal cheer. Whether you choose flowering annuals or longer-lasting perennials, there’s a flowering plant to suit every style and décor.
Best flowers for sunny spots
For short-lived summer displays in sunny spots, you can’t go past petunias, which spill elegantly over container rims and come in virtually every colour of the rainbow. Combine them with marigolds, vincas, zinnias or portulaca. For shadier spots, begonias and impatiens deliver abundant colour!
Sun-loving plants
For a longer-lasting colour in the sun, try hardy geraniums that come in white, red, pink, orange, purple and lavender. You could also mix them with salvias, dipladenias and even the highly fragrant gardenias.
Shade-loving plants
In shady corners, hydrangeas, native violet, plectranthus, abutilons and perennial lobelia add long-lasting splashes of colour.
Tips for thriving summer pots
With careful selection, consideration of sun, shade and water needs, potted flowers can provide months of interest, colour and fragrance. They also offer a reliable source of pollinator activity right at your door. To give your summer colour pots the very best start, be sure to plant them in Rocky Point Premium Potting Mix or Rocky Point Coco Pro Potting Mix.
For more expert tips on choosing containers and caring for your plants, visit Sustainable Gardening Australia’s guide to container planting.
