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24 designer plant lists for beautiful container garden plantings & colorful mixed flower pots combinations. You will love these great patio design & backyard landscape ideas!

One of the most universally loved garden features is the container garden. Who does not love a planter overflowing with colorful flowers, happiness and exuberance?

24 designer plant lists for beautiful container gardens & colorful mixed flower pots combinations: great patio planting ideas & backyard landscape designs!

I was gathering some beautiful container flower pot ideas, and just could not stop! I am going to share with you a plant list for each one of these gorgeous container plantings!

The best part is: we can recreate each of these stunning mixed flower pot designs. Get ready for some botanical Latin and let's decode these magical container garden recipes!

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This is part 1of our container garden series, which focuses on plantings for sunny locations. Here is part 2: some amazing shade garden planters with plant lists!

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1. Container garden planting design secrets.

There is a magic formula in almost all these beautiful container gardens and flower pot designs: Thriller + Filler + Spiller.

The " thriller" is usually a big focal point plant in the center. The "fillers" are secondary plants that make the planting look full and vibrant. The "spillers" are plants that offer added dimension and interest by spilling over the containers.

beautiful Container garden planting design with red flowers

Plant list 1: Canna 'Australia', Canna 'Tropicanna Gold', Infinity Orange New Guinea Impatiens, 'Hot Shot' Orange portulaca, Begonia boliviensis, 'Orange Marmalade' Crossandra, Sweet Caroline Bronze Sweet Potato Vine. ( Source The Graceful Gardener )

2. Colorful urn container garden ideas

Urns are beautiful planters in a patio garden design. Trailing plants are great for urn plantings.

Plant list 2: Dracaena or African Iris (center spike), Pink Geranium, Mixed color Trailing Petunias, green Sweet Potato Vine. (Source: Power Flowers)

3. Edible container garden ideas

Many edible plants have gorgeous and colorful foliage, plus delicious tastes!

Edible container garden ideas with red chard

Plant list 3: Red Swiss Chard, Helleborus 'Sunmarble', Heuchera, Fern (Source: Le Jardinet )

4. Beautiful vegetable garden mixed planter

Here are some great examples of how edibles can be mixed with ornamental plants in garden pots.

Plant list 4: Artichoke, Kale, Light pink Verbena, Dichondra 'Silver Falls', White Petunia. (Source: The Impatient Gardner )

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5. A trailing plant perfect for tall planter pots

Talking about spilling over, Dichondra is an easy to grow plant that just spills, and spills, and spills…

trailing plant and grass in tall planter pots

Plant list 5: Mexican Feather grass, Orange Gazania, Dichondra repens, Dichondra 'Silver Falls' ( Source: Park Seed )

6. Mixed succulent container garden ideas

Plant list 6: Succulents- Kalanchoe 'Fantastic', Sedum 'Little Missy', Echeveria, Dichondra 'Silver Falls'. ( Source: The Graceful Gardener )

7. Mixed flower pot planting design in shades of yellow

A beautiful container garden does not have to have all the colors of a rainbow. Sometimes variations of one color, such as the yellows or burgundy colors below, can look drop-dead-gorgeous.

Plant list 7: Durango Dahlia, Great Balls of Fire White Ivy Leaf Geranium, Yellow Petunia, Bidens ferulifolia 'Bidy Gonzales' ( Source: HGTV )

8. Mixed flower pot plants ideas in showy burgundy colors

Plant list 8:Cordyline fruticosa ( Ti Plant ), Burgundy Petunia. ( Source: Costa Farms )

9. Tropical container garden plants

Bananas, Canna Lilies and Colocasias (Taro plants) are some of the easiest and most dramatic tropical plants to grow.

Tropical container garden plants with Bananas, Canna Lilies and Colocasias (Taro plants)

Plant list 9: Banana, Colues, Hibiscus, Asparagus Fern, Dichondra 'Silver Falls', White Verbena, Purple Petunia ( Source: UBD Landscape )

10. Tropical container patio garden ideas

Some tropical plants grow well in water filled containers, which look great on a patio.

Tropical container patio garden ideas in water containers

Plant list 10: Canna, Colocasia esculenta, Papyrus. ( Source: Blackgold )

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11. Country garden planters and pots

A white Hydrangea bush in a pale blue pot is so simple and elegant.

Plant list 11: Hydrangea "Annabelle" ( Source: Pretty Pink Tulips )

12. White and green plant combinations

Plant list 12: Rosemary, Garlic Chives, Helichrysum petiolare ( Source: Decorah Silver )

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13. Mixed foliage planting designs

It is totally possible to create attractive planters without using flowers. This patio garden pot is planted with a beautiful mix of foliage plants!

Plant list 13: Colocasia, Croton, Coleus "Strawberry Drop", Sweet Potato Vine ( Source: BHG )

14. Beautiful container garden ideas with easy care flowers

Beautiful container garden ideas with easy care flowers in pink, red, and orange

Plant list 14: Canna, Dahlia, Salvia, Ipomoea, Zinnia, Osteospermum, Verbena, Petunia, Calibrachoa. ( Source: Power Flowers )

15. Kitchen garden planter ideas

Rosemary makes a great evergreen plant just like classic boxwood in a garden design.

Plant list 15: Rosemary, Lobelia ( Source: Deborah Silver )

16. Water garden / mini pond in tub planter

This easy DIY solar fountain or patio pond with water garden plants is such a delight! And you can make it in one hour!

garden with solar fountain DIY patio pond with beautiful water plants

See DIY solar fountain tutorial here for plant list!

17. Colorful garden pot ideas

Glazed pots come in so many vibrant colors. Use them creatively to complement your container plantings!

Colorful blue garden pot with pink flowers

Plant list 17: Hydrangea, Lobelia (Source: Hometalk )

18. Colorful flower pots on porch

Plant list 18: Mixed color Snapdragon, Salvia argentea, pink Petunia, Sedum ( Source: DecoFeelings )

19. Farmhouse patio garden ideas

Hydrangeas, roses, and boxwoods are all timeless farmhouse garden classics.

Plant list 19: Hydrangea, Rose, Boxwood ( Original image source lost. Please let me know if you find it! )

20. Cottage garden flowers in pots

Plant list 20: Pelargonium ( Geraniums) , Petunia, Lobelia. ( Source: Flicker )

21. Flower pots on garden columns

Use a bowl shaped planter on top of a garden wall or column as a design focal point.

Plant list 21: Red Mandevilla, Pink Calibrachoa, Sweet Potato Vine ( Source: Charlottesville Home )

22. Colorful pink and red flower planters

These hot colors really stand out, perfect for those who love colorful vibrant garden designs.

Plant list 22: Red Mandevilla, Orange Calibrachoa, Variegated Pelargonium ( Geraniums) , Pink Petunia. ( Source: Botanical Blitz )

23. Purple and yellow container garden plants

Use shades of lavender, chartreuse and yellow to create a soft and dreamy garden flower pot.

Plant list 23: Fountain Grass, 'Phloxy Lady Purple Sky' Phlox, 'Electric Lime' Coleus, Petunia, Lysimachia 'Goldilocks' ( Source: Fine Gardening )

24. Flower and succulent mixed planter pots

Succulents often have interesting colors and textures, which look beautiful mixed with flower plantings.

Plant list 24: Snake Plant, Yellow Snapdragon. ( Source: Costa Farms )

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Happy growing!!