Gardening advice please

[polksaladallie]

I moved here because there was no gardening to do, but I have an empty space on the patio and have bought a few pots.

They are plastic, 450 x 18.  I have given away all my gardening books, and would like to put some perennials in them.  I don't want to fiddle about with annuals.  Sub-tropics, afternoon sun.

I have herbs in terracotta pots.

Anybody have any suggestions?   TIA

[watta*drama*queen]

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As I said

[sandypas]

Geraniums seem to be the thing lately and there are some lovely colours.  Patio roses.  Bromliads (sp).  Nasturtiams are nice and bright and don't go wild in pots like they do in the ground.  Trim them if they do.

[cherry*135]

Got any potted perennials watta?

[lind9650]

May I suggest some Geraniums, Pelargoniums and Ivy Geraniums. Pelargoniums have flowers similar to Azaleas. All Geranium species flower throughout the year until thy are trimmed at the end of February. They come in such a great variety of colours and are easy to take care of once the plant is established. They grow well in almost any soil and are happy to just get some rain.

Lavender and Rosemary grow well in pots, so do all succulents. (some have lovely flowers once a year.)

Erigeron (English Daisy) will grow anywhere and flower all year. Careful though, it scatters its seed far and wide and grows in concrete cracks, but never needs attention. So does my English Sedum (a succulent) spreads along the concrete and changes colour with the season from green to reddish brown. Flowers once a year with very pretty star like flowers.

Erica

[polksaladallie]

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@sandypas wrote:

Geraniums seem to be the thing lately and there are some lovely colours.  Patio roses.  Bromliads (sp).  Nasturtiams are nice and bright and don't go wild in pots like they do in the ground.  Trim them if they do.

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Those are good suggestions, Sandy.  Pots not big enough for bromeliads, and afternoon sun is too hot.  But I love them.

[polksaladallie]

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@lind9650 wrote:

May I suggest some Geraniums, Pelargoniums and Ivy Geraniums. Pelargoniums have flowers similar to Azaleas. All Geranium species flower throughout the year until thy are trimmed at the end of February. They come in such a great variety of colours and are easy to take care of once the plant is established. They grow well in almost any soil and are happy to just get some rain.

Lavender and Rosemary grow well in pots, so do all succulents. (some have lovely flowers once a year.)

Erigeron (English Daisy) will grow anywhere and flower all year. Careful though, it scatters its seed far and wide and grows in concrete cracks, but never needs attention. So does my English Sedum (a succulent) spreads along the concrete and changes colour with the season from green to reddish brown. Flowers once a year with very pretty star like flowers.

Erica

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Erica, I was thinking about geraniums or pelargoniums because they are fairly hardy.  I have rosemary in a herb pot (for cooking).  Erigeron is nice too, but fairly small.  It is a pretty ground cover.  Thank you for your suggestions.

[j*oono]

It's hard to think of the pretty perennials in pots as most I have tried will be lovely but for one season only.  Some plants will reseed themselves and grow again next year, such as my Cosmos.

One I also have which has hung around for a few years is convolvulous mauritanicas.  This is a google photo and they call it convolvulous sabatia but it looks like mine, (which isn't flowering at the moment).

It's a perrenial trailing plant which is good in pots.

[polksaladallie]

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@bushies.girl wrote:
I have a suggestion but not sure you would like it lol

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I welcome all suggestions, even from unhappy people who know nothing about gardening.    

[cherry*135]

That is a pretty flowering plant j*oono.

Some of the OP shops near me, have cuttings of geraniums and other plants (from their volunteer's gardens). They have been planted in small pots but haven't grown much since placed in the pot. They price them at around $6 though, which is a bit steep imo.

[lurker172602]

I'm after a bit of gardening advice too please.

Where do I find the nice little pixies that come and pull all the weeds out and make it look all neat and pretty?