If you love the idea of beautiful pots that don’t need replanting every five minutes, perennials in a container can be the perfect solution, and just as stunning as a bed or a border.
Tom Stimpson returns to discuss trusted “banker” perennials for containers – from long-flowering hellebores and acers underplanted with geraniums, to hydrangeas, heucheras and beloved agapanthus.
You’ll hear exactly which combinations have stood the test of time in Tom’s garden as well as at Perch Hill, and how to get colour from winter through to late autumn.
In this episode, discover:
- How to design perennial pots that give you colour and structure from winter through to late autumn, without constant replanting
- Which plants Sarah and Tom rely on most strongly for containers
- Practical planting combinations for small gardens, such as Pittosporum with hellebores and scabious, or an acer underplanted with Geranium ‘Rozanne’
- A realistic regime for watering, feeding and deadheading perennial pots so they stay sturdy rather than sappy
Products mentioned:
Helleborus niger: https://www.sarahraven.com/products/helleborus-niger
Helleborus orientalis: https://www.sarahraven.com/products/helleborus-orientalis-pretty-ellen-spotted
Helleborus ‘Ice n’ Roses Red’: https://www.sarahraven.com/products/helleborus-x-glandorfensis-ice-n-roses-red
Pittosporum ‘Bannow Bay’: https://www.sarahraven.com/products/pittosporum-tenuifolium-bannow-bay
Scabiosa atropurpurea ‘Black Cat’: https://www.sarahraven.com/products/scabiosa-atropurpurea-black-cat
Scabiosa ‘Kudo Pink’: https://www.sarahraven.com/products/scabiosa-incisa-kudo-pink
Geranium ‘Rozanne’: https://www.sarahraven.com/products/geranium-rozanne
Geranium ‘Dreamland’: https://www.sarahraven.com/products/geranium-dreamland
Hydrangea ‘Madame Emile Mouillère’: https://www.sarahraven.com/products/hydrangea-macrophylla-madame-emile-mouillere
Hydrangea ‘Little Lime’: https://www.sarahraven.com/products/hydrangea-paniculata-little-lime
Hydrangea ‘Limelight’: https://www.sarahraven.com/products/hydrangea-paniculata-limelight
Hydrangea ‘Little Fresco’: https://www.sarahraven.com/products/hydrangea-paniculata-little-fresco
Heuchera ‘Black Taffeta’: https://www.sarahraven.com/products/heuchera-black-taffeta
Gaura ‘The Bride’: https://www.sarahraven.com/products/gaura-lindheimeri-the-bride
Gaura ‘Flamingo’: https://www.sarahraven.com/products/gaura-collection-for-pots
Salvia nemorosa ‘Caradonna’: https://www.sarahraven.com/products/salvia-nemorosa-caradonna
Salvia ‘Peach Melba’: https://www.sarahraven.com/products/salvia-peach-melba
Verbena rigida: https://www.sarahraven.com/products/verbena-rigida
Linaria ‘Peachy’: https://www.sarahraven.com/products/linaria-x-purpurea-peachy
Agapanthus ‘Midnight Blue’ / ‘Navy Blue’: https://www.sarahraven.com/products/agapanthus-navy-blue
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