8 Reasons to Add Seasonal Color with Container Plants
The Benefits of Container Plants and the Best Spring Annuals for North Texas
We’re about to fly through February faster than you can sample all the Valentine’s truffles. Spring will soon be sauntering through North Texas and we’re eagerly awaiting annual color installations. One of our favorite ways to fashion flora that transitions through the seasons is by using container gardens. Whether you like to vary your decor by the season or change your favorite plants as frequently as your wardrobe, container gardens provide a fabulously flexible solution. Not only do they enliven your landscape with unique color and texture combinations, but they offer practical solutions to numerous garden challenges. Uncover the bountiful benefits of container plants and assess which spring annuals thrive in containers in North Texas.
Advantages of Container Plants
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Portability
With our perpetually bipolar weather patterns in North Texas, container plants offer flexibility, allowing relatively easy transport. Whether you redesign your landscape or need to relocate your plants to accommodate sudden seasonal shifts, container plants provide optimum portability.
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Space Flexibility
Container plants are suitable for small spaces or urban settings with limited garden space. Perfect on patios and balconies or hanging from arbors or porches to add a pop of portable color.
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Accessibility
For elderly gardeners or plant lovers with limited mobility, container plants can be positioned at an accessible height for easy watering or pruning.
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Aesthetic Appeal
Design possibilities are limitless for container gardens. By intermingling various colors, textures, and sizes, we can strike a style suited to your specific aesthetic preferences to complement your outdoor living area.
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Seasonal Variety
Container plants can be easily interchanged for every season. From cold hardy pansies to drought-tolerant agave, container gardens are easily adaptable to our ever-changing climate.
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Soil Control
Adequate drainage and proper soil pH can be challenging in DFW. Planting in containers provides ample soil composition control and can be particularly beneficial for plants that prefer well-drained, slightly acidic soil.
- Water ManagementAs we all know, our unpredictable precipitation can often lend itself to water restrictions, which can be challenging for summer gardens. Planting in containers presents proper control over watering. Utilizing rocks or planters with drainage holes can create an adjustable internal irrigation system.
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Pest and Disease Control
Elevated container plants can help mitigate the risk of pests and soil-borne diseases. Positioning containers adequately facilitates visibility and prompt treatment of any issues, preventing an outbreak within the entire garden.
Best Spring Annuals for Containers in North Texas
Add some awestriking annuals to your container garden to brighten your mood. Since Spring straddles some unpredictable months that could include both cold snaps and heat waves, we like to choose cold-hardy and heat-tolerant varieties to weather the transition.
Some of our favorite container plants for early spring in North Texas include:
- Petunias
- Alyssum
- Sweet pea
- Geranium
- Begonias
- Lilies
- Poppies
- Salvia
- Snapdragons
- Impatiens
Bonick garden manager, plant expert, and container creator extraordinaire, Kacy Wredling‑Ramsey enjoys experimenting with these plant combinations:
- -Mauve Coneflower, Purple Salvia, with White Alyssum and Mango Orange Verbena.
- -Verbena Lollipop, White to Rose Geranium, White Alyssum, Lime Green Moneywort.
- -White Queen Caladium, Canary Wings Begonia, Lime Green Money Wort, and Silver Fallas Dichondra
These combinations incorporate Pantone’s Color of the Year, Peach Fuzz:
- -Salmon Dianthus, Bright White Calibrachoa, and Appleblossom Geraniums.
- -Mango Orange Verbena, Lime Green Moneywort, Orchid Blush Sunpatiens, and Bright White Calibrachoa
Schedule Your Spring Planting
For over forty years, Bonick has been embellishing some of the most elegant gardens in prestigious neighborhoods of DFW. Entrusted by discerning homeowners and Dallas architects and designers, our trained team possesses the foresight to anticipate the evolution of every design. Contact us to create clever combinations of container plants to highlight your landscape before the spring rush accumulates.
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