Types of Containers for Trailing Perennial Plants

Traditional Hanging Baskets

• Traditional hanging plants are housed in plastic plant pots or wire baskets lined with moss and filled with soil. These work well to show off features of the plant because the container becomes invisible as vines cover the outside. Traditional hanging pots or baskets work well for showy plants with profuse blooms.

Window Boxes

• Vines trailing from window boxes dress up the exterior of the home and bid your guests a warm welcome. Removable window boxes supported with metal brackets make an effective planter for trailing perennials. Simply move the window box inside when frost threatens.

Antique Containers

• Watering cans, rustic tea kettles and enameled buckets make attractive planters that add a bit of country charm to your home. Fill these with a potting soil and trailing perennials to create planting that will last for years.

Display

• Ordinary plastic plant pots nailed to posts, stumps and even the side of an old building make a dramatic display when filled with brightly colored perennials. Consider balancing the pot in the fork of a tree or suspending it from tree branches to extend the line of your garden.

Double Potting

• Display trailing perennials in decorative pots perched on ledges or railings by double potting. You can display plants in any container by slipping the smaller pot inside a larger container and filling in around the pot with soil or moss. When fall arrives, remove the inner pot and store the plants inside until spring.