Choosing Plants For Your Container Garden

The most popular plants for container gardens are the edible kinds because most people don't associate flowers with container gardening. Both follow most of the same rules, but they have different classifications.

We'll only tackle edible plants here since that's what most people have in their container gardens. You have more options with vegetables and herbs when you plant in containers as compared to fruits.

The number one edible plant in container gardens are herbs. Next are vegetables, and fruits aren't easy to grow in containers so they seldom appear in container gardens.

One of the exceptions are strawberries, which flourish in container gardens. This is because of strawberries' resilient nature.

Miniature fruit trees can also be grown in container gardens. Miniature fruit trees flourish in pots and will serve nicely as indoor plants. You can also have varieties of dwarf berry bushes in your container garden, but be forewarned that they would be difficult to move because of their weight. Examples of dwarf berry bushes that are usually grown in containers are blueberry and raspberry.

Herbs also grow well in containers. Parsley is the most common container garden herb. Basil and chives are common, too. Cilantro can be grown successfully in containers.

You can plant almost any kind of herb in containers. The key is finding a large enough container. A number of herbs do well in smaller pots. Among these are chives, parsley, and basil.

There are some plants that grows into a big size though. Sage is an herb, but it's a bush. Sage requires a bigger container. Another example is oregano. For vegetables in gardens, tomatoes are the most popular, even if it's a fruit!

It's the same story with container gardeners. This is mostly because the quality tomatoes aren't easy to get. The tomatoes in most grocery stores are picked green and artificially ripened so they survive shipping without bruising and last longer on the shelves.

You can grow almost all the tomato varieties if you want. You can also have lettuces, cucumbers, beans, peas, radishes, carrots, peppers and many more plants in your garden.

By doing it properly, you can have vegetables in your container garden. Growing plants from seeds isn't that difficult. You can sow your seeds into your pot, but you are risking damage to them when thinning needs to be done.

With seedlings, you can plant them in small pots first, and then transfer them into bigger ones when time comes. Growing a plant from seedlings is easier for you, but starting from seed is a lot more satisfying.