General Container Gardening Plants

For any area that receives at, or close to 6 hours of sun, consider these plants:

For spring flowering:

Downy Phlox (Phlox pilosa)

Fringed Bluestar (Amsonia ciliata)

Golden Alexander (Zizia aurea)

Summer flowering:

American Agave (Manfreda virginica)

Lemon Bee Balm (Monarda citriodora)

Miami Mist (Phacelia purshii)

Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea) 

Yellow Coneflower (Echinacea paradoxa) 

Fall flowering:

Fall Glade Onion (Allium stellatum)

Helen’s Flower (Helenium amarum)

Southern Prairie Aster (Eurybia hemispherica)

For multi-season flowering:

Fame Flower (Phemeranthus calycinus)