Summer planters

Shop our professionally designed planter recipes! Each download comes with a container garden design template, instruction on how to arrange your plants, shopping list, and planting and design tips. Planter recipes are available for spring, summer, fall, and winter!

This will be my 17th summer planting season, so I thought it would be fun to pick my 17 favorite summer planters. Contained Gardens was established in the fall of 2001, hard to believe it, 17 years of flower fun! Funny how even flowers change! You think about how styles come and go with fashion, […]

Proven Winners - White Waterfalls combination container recipe containing Heart to Heart® 'White Wonder' - Sun or Shade Caladium - Caladium hortulanum

Basing this planter’s design on so many red plants makes an impressive impact. The diverse shapes let each red plant hold its own, while creeping Jenny and ‘Lineatum’ New Zealand […]

Outdoor Planter ideas for summer!

I garden in pots on my front porch, and by the time summer arrives, I just want my containers to look good...and I don't want to spend a lot of time on the

Before picking plants to spruce up your front porch, think about how much sun your stoop gets throughout the day. These sun-loving blooms will thrive in containers from late spring through summer.

If you're looking for some amazing container plants that love full sun, look no further. Eight amazing flowers and plants that will thrive in sun!

Head gardener Jenny Barnes creates a summer meadow in a basket, featuring grasses and poppies that will thrive into autumn

Cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus) capture the beauty of wildflowers. Here's how to care for these loosely planted flowers, water, and fertilizer techniques.