10 Best Shrubs for Containers

10 Best Shrubs for Containers

If you want to add some beautiful curb appeal with container gardening, you will want to give these 10 varieties of Shrubs a try. Each of them are unique in their own way, and bring a different aroma or fruit to the table. Mix and match as many as you like, or start with one and go from there. Either way, these 10 shrubs are easy to grow and pleasing to the eye.

Buddleia (Butterfly Bush)

Buddleia

This shrub will be best grown in a pot as a dwarf variety. When picking a container for this shrub, choose one that is large and deep. This shrub will grow fast, so it will require extra pruning and fertilizing.

Boxwood

Boxwood

This is a beautiful green shrub that is not only versatile, but forgiving to whatever climate you want to grow it in. It literally can grow anywhere, so this shrub is popular among many landscapers.

Lemon Tree

Lemon Tree

This tropical fruit tree is not restricted to just the tropics. It only needs sun and warmth to thrive. Since it did originate in a tropical climate, you may need to winter this shrub indoors, but it will be worth it when it brings its beauty indoors and keeps your home feeling like spring and summer all year round.

Daphne

Daphne

Daphne loves shade and moist soil. If you give it those two things, it will love you and produce a pleasing fragrance all year for you. Daphne does best with cool summers and extreme winters, so your colder areas of the country can have beauty too, since most plants and shrubs like just the opposite climate.

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