Which shrubs can be planted in pots?

A small space garden doesn’t mean you’re limited to small plants. Just because you don’t have a large garden, that does not mean you have to compromise on aesthetics.Instead of filling large pots with a variety of flowers, try easy-care shrubs! These plants often offer just as much color as annual flowers, but with less fuss!

Here you have an interesting options to start with, when choosing the right shrubs for your garden:

Spring

Azalea
This excellent flowering shrub comes in many colors and sizes. It does best in moist soil with partial sunlight. Use a rich, acidic growing medium for best results.

California Lilac
It is primarily grown for blue blossoms but often planted for pink or white blooms, which flower abundantly across a long period from spring.

Sugar Tip Rose of Sharon
The blooms are double blooms and a charming pale pink. This sunny-spot shrub is a space saver that has unique foliage of blue-green and multicolored, velvety cream white.

Lantana
Lantanas feature round clustered blooms showing off myriad shades of white, red, orange, pink, yellow, blue, and purple. 

Summer

Hibiscus

This shrub can grow to an impressive height of 3-6 feet. It develops clusters of blossoms in groups that look wonderful with its dark green foliage.

Rose
There are plenty of hardy and resilient rose varieties that will grow well in pots. Miniature and patio roses can be ideal for smaller spaces. They come in a huge range of shapes, colors and forms.

Ixora

Ixoras are evergreen shrubs covered with clusters of four-petalled blooms that garnish home gardens. The flowers come in pink, red, yellow, orange, and white shades.

Smoke Bush
This large shrub has dark red-purple leaves and blooms candy floss clusters of fluffy flowers like smoke during summer.

Fall

Bluebeard 

These plants start flowering in late Summer with blue to purple flowers until fall. They are better in a sunny location and well-drained soil.

Hydrangea
Prune the shrub in late fall or early spring to enjoy beautiful creamy-pink flowers in the fall. It needs medium moisture to thrive and tolerate short periods of drought.

Little Honey Hydrangea
Little Honey Hydrangea is a shrub for shade. This plant is all about the leaves, which transition from yellow to rich burgundy in autumn. This oakleaf variety has huge chartreuse leaves that stand out in a shady spot.

Winter

Daphne Odora
With its beautiful clusters of fragrant pink flowers, this evergreen shrub blooms anytime from mid-winter to early spring.

Rubella
Its panicles of red buds appear in winter, making it among the most colorful shrubs in your garden. The cones of flowers stay through winter and open in early spring.

Mahonia
Mahonias show off holly-like foliage and deep purple berries. The spikes of fragrant yellow blooms appear in late fall, winter, and spring

Plant these Shrubs in decorative pots and vases, according to different seasons, and enjoy beautiful decor all year! These plants are low maintenance, flower beautifully, and look fantastic in pots too!