Designs for Container Gardens

This plan is perfect for the built-in planters common in the midcentury ranch houses of southwest Houston.

Dimensions: 4 feet wide by 2 feet deep.

 

 

Each landscaping element has different plant options to suit your preference for color, texture, height, and pollinator support. Choose one type of plant for each element for a cohesive look.

	Sunny Type 4-5	Shady Type 2-3
Plant A	Yarrow Pink Skullcap	Penstemon Blue-Eyed Grass
Plant B	Winecup Frogfruit	Horseherb Frogfruit

 

These plants are native or well-adapted to the Houston area and our specific type of soil, climate, and rainfall.

Native Plant Container Gardens for Shade

These plans are for planters that receive less than four hours of direct sun per day (type 2-3). The large planter should be the size of a whiskey barrel planter or larger.

 

 

Large Planter	Small Planter
Inland Sea Oats	Lanceleaf Coreopsis
Turk's Cap	Blue-Eyed Grass
Pigeonberry

Native Plant Container Gardens for Sun

These plans are for planters that receive more than four hours of direct sun per day (type 4-5). The large planter should be the size of a whiskey barrel planter or larger.

 

	Large Planter	Large Planter	Small Planter
Thriller	Rock Rose	Little Bluestem	Penstemon
Filler	Pink Skullcap	Texas Lantana
Spiller	Silver Ponyfoot	Frogfruit	Frogfruit