Full Sun Low Maintenance Outdoor Potted Plants

The plant s low water needs make it a great option for forgetful gardeners its leaves will yellow if you water it too much.

Full sun low maintenance outdoor potted plants.

Speaking of spring bulbs daffodils are the next low maintenance plants on my list of full sun perennials. You can let the soil dry right out as long as you give it a thorough soaking when you do water. In zones 5 to 9 bottlebrush buckeye does well in full sun or deep shade so long as it gets enough water. If you grow it outdoors be sure to keep it out of direct sunlight.

There s no need to deadhead scaevola either. If you crave blue tones in your full sun pots make room for scaevola. Coneflowers come in a variety of colors including purple red pink and yellow. They thrive in full sun and can be planted in the ground or they also do great in containers.

Disease free and rarely needing a prune the slow growing low maintenance shrubs can reach. The upright narrow habit of this cultivar of our native arborvitae fits the bill as the vertical accent that many containers need. In fact many people choose to grow them solely as houseplants. Plant it in full sun or light shade emerald arborvitae thuja occidentalis emerald syn.

Once you plant them they don t require any maintenance at all. Foliage of green blue green burgundy gold or gray. It just keeps blooming. They come back for many years and bloom reliably unlike many tulips.

A slow grower with a potentially wide spread at maturity the zz plant can handle low light indoors like a champ. It is often marketed as a patio plant and produces pretty little white or purple flowers. The best potted plants for full sun part sun and shade within low maintenance outdoor potted plants view photo 23 of 25 tropical garden archives living asean inspiring tropical inside low maintenance outdoor potted plants view photo 24 of 25. When grown outdoors they are fairly low maintenance and can handle somewhat shady conditions that many other plants can t tolerate.

Smaragd zones 2 7 provides excellent year round interest because it maintains its rich green color in winter. Also known as fan flower this low maintenance annual tumbles out of containers a perfect spiller plant. Most varieties will naturalize as well so you ll get more of them over time but not in a bad way. The soil in your container should be loose and well draining and you ll need a spot with full sun for at least 6 to 8 hours.