Patio Plants

Perennial Plants For Containers/Patios

Patio Plants

These patio plants are perfect for growing on your patio, deck or rooftop garden. They're sure to cheer up any outdoor space. Plants for containers do best in well-drained conditions. Even if you're short on garden space, there's no reason you can't have a colorful, lush garden in containers.

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Perennial Plants For Containers/Patios

Patio Plants

These patio plants are perfect for growing on your patio, deck or rooftop garden. They're sure to cheer up any outdoor space. Plants for containers do best in well-drained conditions. Even if you're short on garden space, there's no reason you can't have a colorful, lush garden in containers.

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  1. Sedum Autumn Fire, Dark Pink Sedum, Autumn Fire Stonecrop

    Sedum telephium ‚Autumn Fire‚ (Stonecrop) is an improved form of Sedum ‚Autumn Joy‚ that is larger growing, has larger flower heads and is longer blooming. Th...

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    Autumn Fire Sedum Autumn Fire Sedum Sedum 'Autumn Fire'
    As low as $11.99 Sale $10.79
    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
    Sedum telephium 'Autumn Fire' (Stonecrop) is an improved form of Sedum 'Autumn Joy' that is larger growing, has larger flower heads and is longer blooming. The flat heads of rose-pink flowers appear in late summer. Leave the faded flowers on the plant for added winter interest.
  2. Verbena peruviana

    Verbena peruviana ‚Red Devil‚ (Perennial Verbena) is a perennial variety that grows as a groundcover and blooms all summer with a dazzling display of brilliant red flower...

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    Red Devil Perennial Verbena Red Devil Perennial Verbena Verbena peruviana
    As low as $11.99
    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
    Verbena peruviana 'Red Devil' (Perennial Verbena) is a perennial variety that grows as a groundcover and blooms all summer with a dazzling display of brilliant red flowers. 3" tall x 15-18" wide.
  3. Old Man's Bones Stonecrop, Sedum globosum 'Old Man Bones',  Image courtesy of Conservation Garden Park

    Sedum globosum ‚Old Man‚s Bones‚ (Stonecrop) is an outstanding low-growing sedum with uniquely rounded, chubby leaves held on short spreading stems. Evergreen succ...

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    Old Man's Bones Sedum Old Man's Bones Sedum Sedum globosum 'Old Man's Bones'
    As low as $11.99
    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
    Sedum globosum 'Old Man's Bones' (Stonecrop) is an outstanding low-growing sedum with uniquely rounded, chubby leaves held on short spreading stems. Evergreen succulent foliage often develops a bronze tint in summer and flushes shades of purple, pink, red, and bronze over the winter. Perfect for groundcover, rock gardens, edging pathways, and spilling over the edges of raised beds or containers. It blooms in summer with clusters of small, bright yellow, star-shaped flowers.
  4. Marcus Dwarf Blue Salvia

    Salvia nemorosa ‘Marcus’ PP# 13,322 (Dwarf Blue Sage) is a tidy, dwarf selection that blooms all summer with deeply colored violet-purple flowers. It is extremely cold ha...

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    Marcus Dwarf Blue Salvia Marcus Dwarf Blue Salvia Salvia nemorosa 'Marcus'
    As low as $10.99
    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
    Salvia nemorosa ‘Marcus’ PP# 13,322 (Dwarf Blue Sage) is a tidy, dwarf selection that blooms all summer with deeply colored violet-purple flowers. It is extremely cold hardy, browse resistant to deer and a lover of clay soils.
  5. Little Trudy® Nepeta, The Undaunted Garden Managed By Lauren Spring

    Nepeta x psfike ‚Little Trudy®‚ PP#18,904 (Catmint) is a compact, long-blooming Catmint with warm purple flowers that bloom from late spring through summer, attracting b...

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    Little Trudy® Nepeta Little Trudy® Nepeta Nepeta x Psfike PP#18,904
    As low as $11.99 Sale $9.59
    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
    Nepeta x psfike 'Little Trudy®' PP#18,904 (Catmint) is a compact, long-blooming Catmint with warm purple flowers that bloom from late spring through summer, attracting bees and butterflies. Finely textured aromatic foliage will help to deter deer and rabbits.
  6. Red Monarda Jacob Cline, Monarda Jacob Cine

    Monarda didyma ‚Jacob Cline‚ (Bee Balm) is one of our most spectacular native Beebalm hybrids with heads of long tubular deep red flowers. Discovered in a Georgia garden,...

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    Jacob Cline Bee Balm Jacob Cline Bee Balm Monarda didyma 'Jacob Cline'
    As low as $11.99 Sale $10.79
    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
    Monarda didyma 'Jacob Cline' (Bee Balm) is one of our most spectacular native Beebalm hybrids with heads of long tubular deep red flowers. Discovered in a Georgia garden, it has excellent mildew resistance and blooms for a month or so in mid-summer.
  7. Phenomenal Lavender Plant,  Lavandula intermedia Phenomenal field

    Lavandula intermedia ‚Phenomenal‚ PP24193 (French Hybrid Lavender) is notable for its outstanding cold hardiness and tolerance to heat and high humidity. The plants grow ...

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    Phenomenal Lavender Phenomenal Lavender Lavandula intermedia Phenomenal PP#24,193
    As low as $15.99 Sale $14.39
    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
    Lavandula intermedia 'Phenomenal' PP24193 (French Hybrid Lavender) is notable for its outstanding cold hardiness and tolerance to heat and high humidity. The plants grow into a beautiful mounded shape, with purple flowers on tall stems in mid-summer.
  8. Thymus Pink Chintz, Pink Chintz Creeping Thyme

    Thymus serpyllum ‚Pink Chintz‚ (Creeping Thyme) is a tight, low growing creeping thyme with thick stems of woolly green foliage that blooms in mid-spring with a profusion...

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    Pink Chintz Creeping Thyme Pink Chintz Creeping Thyme Thymus serpyllum Pink Chintz
    As low as $9.99 Sale $8.49
    Per Plant - 2.5" Pot
    Thymus serpyllum 'Pink Chintz' (Creeping Thyme) is a tight, low growing creeping thyme with thick stems of woolly green foliage that blooms in mid-spring with a profusion of salmon-pink flowers.
  9. Blue Ceratostigma plumbaginoides, Ceratostigma plumbaginoides, Hardy Plumbago

    Ceratostigma plumbaginoides (Hardy Plumbago) a remarkable groundcover. It is an exceptional choice for shady areas, especially under trees and shrubs. It also grows in part and full ...

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    Hardy Plumbago (Ceratostigma) Hardy Plumbago, Leadwort Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
    As low as $9.99 Sale $8.99
    Per Plant - 2.5" Pot
    Ceratostigma plumbaginoides (Hardy Plumbago) a remarkable groundcover. It is an exceptional choice for shady areas, especially under trees and shrubs. It also grows in part and full sun, and thrives in most soils, including clay, testaments to the plant’s versatility as a long-lived piece of the garden fabric. Gardens all over the country can enjoy the profuse display of true blue flowers followed by striking burgundy-red fall foliage.
  10. May Night Meadow Sage, Salvia sylvestris May Night

    Salvia sylvestris ‘May Night’ (Meadow Sage) blooms prolifically with deep purple-blue flowers. It is an outstanding perennial with excellent cold hardiness, vigor, and to...

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    May Night Salvia May Night Meadow Sage Salvia sylvestris May Night
    As low as $11.99 Sale $9.59
    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
    Salvia sylvestris ‘May Night’ (Meadow Sage) blooms prolifically with deep purple-blue flowers. It is an outstanding perennial with excellent cold hardiness, vigor, and tolerance of heavy clay soils. Blooming in late spring with a profusion of flower spikes, it reblooms later in the summer when deadheaded.
  11. Pink Creeping Thyme, Thymus praecox ssp. arcticus Coccineus

    Thymus praecox ssp. arcticus ‚Coccineus‚ (Pink Creeping Thyme) is an outstanding selection with glossy, dark green leaves covered with light pink flowers pushing form ro...

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    Pink Creeping Thyme Pink Creeping Thyme Thymus praecox ssp. arcticus Coccineus
    As low as $9.99 Sale $8.99
    Per Plant - 2.5" Pot
    Thymus praecox ssp. arcticus 'Coccineus' (Pink Creeping Thyme) is an outstanding selection with glossy, dark green leaves covered with light pink flowers pushing form rose-pink buds in early summer. This variety is impressively xeric, with tough woody stems. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).
  12. Black Eyed Susan Goldsturm, Rudbeckia fulgida Goldsturm

    Rudbeckia fulgida ‚Goldsturm‚ (Black Eyed Susan) blooms in mid-to-late summer with an eye-catching display of golden flowers. Black Eyed Susan is very attractive to butte...

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    Goldsturm Black Eyed Susan Black Eyed Susan Rudbeckia fulgida Goldsturm
    As low as $11.99 Sale $9.59
    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
    Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm' (Black Eyed Susan) blooms in mid-to-late summer with an eye-catching display of golden flowers. Black Eyed Susan is very attractive to butterflies and the seed heads provide winter food for seed-eating songbirds as well. Reliable and tough, Rudbeckia tolerates both drought and clay and is easy to maintain.
  13. Select Blue Catmint, Nepeta faassenii Select Blue

    Nepeta faassenii ‚Select Blue‚ (Catmint) is a fantastic xeric perennial with dramatic lavender-blue flowers and handsome gray-green foliage. A recurrent bloomer, the firs...

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    Select Blue Nepeta Select Blue Catmint Nepeta faassenii Select Blue
    As low as $12.99 Sale $10.39
    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
    Nepeta faassenii 'Select Blue' (Catmint) is a fantastic xeric perennial with dramatic lavender-blue flowers and handsome gray-green foliage. A recurrent bloomer, the first flush of flowers comes in late spring, and again later in summer. A long-lived, easily grown perennial, this is an excellent plant for beginners.
  14. Echinacea purpurea Pow Wow Wild Berry Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens Inc.

    PowWow® Wild Berry is a new improved variety of Purple Coneflower bred for its darker red-purple flowers and compact floriferous growth habit. This is an outstanding long bloomi...

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    PowWow® Wild Berry Echinacea PowWow® Wild Berry Coneflower Echinacea purpurea PowWow® Wild Berry
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    $13.99 Sale $12.59
    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
    PowWow® Wild Berry is a new improved variety of Purple Coneflower bred for its darker red-purple flowers and compact floriferous growth habit. This is an outstanding long blooming variety.
  15. Orange Zauschneria garrettii Orange Carpet, Zauschneria garrettii Orange Carpet, Creeping Hummingbird Trumpet

    Zauschneria garrettii ‚Orange Carpet®‚ (Fire Chalice) is a vigorous perennial groundcover that blooms in mid- to late summer with a profusion of bright orange trumpet...

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    Orange Carpet® Creeping Hummingbird Trumpet (Zauschneria) Creeping Hummingbird Trumpet Orange Carpet® (Fire Chalice) Zauschneria garrettii Orange Carpet®
    $12.99
    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
    Zauschneria garrettii 'Orange Carpet®' (Fire Chalice) is a vigorous perennial groundcover that blooms in mid- to late summer with a profusion of bright orange trumpet shaped flowers. Spreading with underground stems, this beauty is perfect for slopes and cascading over the edges of raised beds. 2001 Plant Select Winner 4-6" tall x 15-18" wide.
  16. Pink and Orange and Silver Agastache rupestris, Agastache rupestris, Licorice Mint or Sunset Hyssop

    Agastache rupestris (Licorice Mint Hyssop) is one of the best, most durable species in the Agastache family. With smoky orange flowers held by lavender calyxes, the entire plant is s...

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    Agastache rupestris Licorice Hummingbird Mint (Sunset Hyssop) Agastache rupestris
    As low as $13.99
    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
    Agastache rupestris (Licorice Mint Hyssop) is one of the best, most durable species in the Agastache family. With smoky orange flowers held by lavender calyxes, the entire plant is scented like licorice and mint. Drought resistant/drought tolerant perennial plant (xeric). A 1996 High Country Gardens introduction. 2023 Plant Of The Year.
  17. Silver Artemisia Powis Castle, Artemisia Powis Castle, Silver Sage by customer Mike D

    Powis Castle is a superb foliage plant with finely textured silver-gray foliage and an attractive mounding habit. Use this plant to accentuate ornamental grasses and other perennials...

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    Powis Castle Artemisia Powis Castle Artemisia Artemisia 'Powis Castle'
    As low as $10.99 Sale $8.79
    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
    Powis Castle is a superb foliage plant with finely textured silver-gray foliage and an attractive mounding habit. Use this plant to accentuate ornamental grasses and other perennials with differently colored foliage. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).
  18. Red Salvia greggii Furman's Red, Salvia greggii Furman's Red, Furman's Red Texas Sage

    2005 Plant Select Winner. 24-36„ tall x 18„ wide. Salvia greggii ‚Furman‚s Red‚ (Texas Sage) is one of the most cold hardy of the native Salvia greggii...

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    Furman's Red Texas Salvia Furman's Red Texas Sage Salvia greggii Furman's Red
    As low as $11.99
    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
    2005 Plant Select Winner. 24-36" tall x 18" wide. Salvia greggii 'Furman's Red' (Texas Sage) is one of the most cold hardy of the native Salvia greggii family. Blooming in late spring and again in the fall, the plant covers itself with bright red flowers that attract the hummingbirds from miles around. Sweetly aromatic foliage too. A 2005 Plant Select winner. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).
  19. Echinacea purpurea Pow Wow White Photo Courtesy of Walter's Gardens Inc.

    Echinacea purpurea ‚PowWow® White‚ (Coneflower) is an outstanding, seed grown cultivar that blooms all season with a profusion of white flowers over a compact plant....

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    PowWow® White Echinacea PowWow® White Coneflower Echinacea purpurea PowWow® White
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    $10.99 Sale $8.79
    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
    Echinacea purpurea 'PowWow® White' (Coneflower) is an outstanding, seed grown cultivar that blooms all season with a profusion of white flowers over a compact plant.
  20. Red and Yellow Gaillardia grandiflora Arizona Sun, Gaillardia grandiflora Arizona Sun, Arizona Sun Blanket Flower

    Gaillardia grandiflora ‚Arizona Sun‚ (Blanket Flower) is a 2005 All America Selections winner because of its outstanding hardiness, everblooming flowers, and drought tole...

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    Arizona Sun Gaillardia Arizona Sun Blanket Flower Gaillardia grandiflora Arizona Sun
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    $11.99 Sale $9.59
    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
    Gaillardia grandiflora 'Arizona Sun' (Blanket Flower) is a 2005 All America Selections winner because of its outstanding hardiness, everblooming flowers, and drought tolerance. With modest deadheading 'Arizona Sun' Blanket Flower is covered with red-orange and yellow bi-colored flowers all season long. Drought resistant perennial plant (xeric).
  21. Ava's Hummingbird Mint (Hyssop), Agastache Ava

    Agastache Ava is one of High Country Gardens very best plant introductions, renowned for its tall spikes of deep rose-pink flowers held by raspberry-red calyxes. This vigorous hybrid...

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    Ava Agastache Ava's Hummingbird Mint (Hyssop) Agastache Ava
    As low as $14.99 Sale $13.49
    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
    Agastache Ava is one of High Country Gardens very best plant introductions, renowned for its tall spikes of deep rose-pink flowers held by raspberry-red calyxes. This vigorous hybrid Hummingbird Mint blooms for many months beginning in mid-summer. 2005 Plant of the Year.
  22. Thyme-Leaf Speedwell, Veronica oltensis

    Veronica oltensis (Thyme Leaf Speedwell) is a beautiful, tenacious, small scale groundcover with thin stems of tiny evergreen leaves that cover themselves with blue flowers in early ...

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    Thyme-Leaf Veronica Thyme-Leaf Speedwell Veronica oltensis
    As low as $9.99
    Per Plant - 2.5" Pot
    Veronica oltensis (Thyme Leaf Speedwell) is a beautiful, tenacious, small scale groundcover with thin stems of tiny evergreen leaves that cover themselves with blue flowers in early to mid-spring. Veronica oltensis is a little beauty that serves as an excellent crack filler between flagstone or pavers. Thyme Leaf Speedwell is a drought resistant/drought tolerant perennial plant (xeric).
  23. Blue Woolly Speedwell, Veronica pectinata

    Veronica pectinata (Woolly Speedwell) is one of our finest groundcovers. Growing with long stems of wooly evergreen foliage, the plants cover themselves with blue blooms, aging to la...

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    Blue Woolly Veronica Blue Woolly Speedwell Veronica pectinata
    As low as $8.99 Sale $7.19
    Per Plant - 2.5" Pot
    Veronica pectinata (Woolly Speedwell) is one of our finest groundcovers. Growing with long stems of wooly evergreen foliage, the plants cover themselves with blue blooms, aging to lavender-blue flowers in early to mid-spring. 2" tall x 18" wide.
  24. Purple Veronica spicata Royal Candles, Veronica spicata Royal Candles, Royal Candles Speedwell, Photo Courtesy of Walter's Gardens Inc.

    Veronica spicata ‚Royal Candles‚ (Speedwell) is an outstanding upright growing Speedwell with large, attractive deep-green leaves and long blooming spikes of deep purple-...

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    Royal Candles Veronica Royal Candles Speedwell Veronica spicata Royal Candles
    As low as $13.99 Sale $11.19
    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
    Veronica spicata 'Royal Candles' (Speedwell) is an outstanding upright growing Speedwell with large, attractive deep-green leaves and long blooming spikes of deep purple-blue flowers.
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