Container gardening: Top picks for your balcony container garden

Plants thrive in a range of growing conditions, whether you’re working with limited space, have poor soil quality, or simply want to have unique containers. Container gardening is well adaptable for such circumstances.

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While many plants may be grown in containers, certain plant species thrive more than others. This type of growing environment works just well for some of these plants.

Celosia

Scientifically known as Celosia spicata, an easy-to-grow, easy-to-take care of plants that showcase long, spiky, purple flowers. With an upright growing pattern, striking and stands tall on your balcony with its compact size. It makes a great option for a pop of colour in your container garden.

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Dichondra

These eye-catching ground covers are known for their cascading growing habit, which works well in hanging basket containers. Low maintenance requires limited watering, with pruning needed during their growing season. The plant adds a silvery contrast to your container garden landscape, falling graciously off your hanging baskets.

Coleus plants

With beautiful leaves that add vibrancy to other plants. Although there are varieties the most common colour is the burgundy the coleus is known for. Burgundy leaves with distinctive green edges around them. So if you thinking of adding a unique colour to your balcony garden, the coleus plants are an exceptional choice. Growing just a few meters tall under the right growing conditions.

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Creeping Jenny

The creeping jenny plant is nearly indestructible, making it very easy to care for. With its bright golden leaves and attractive yellow flowers, it is an excellent choice for container gardening. It thrives in conditions ranging from full sunlight to full shade, and it requires average to moist soil to remain healthy.

Begonia

The versatile begonia plants are grown for their exceptionally long bloom time and wide range of flower colours with unique leaf patterns. Some gardeners use them as filler plants in a mixed container arrangement alongside upright coleus. This contrast of colours adds to the beauty of your balcony. When grown the correct way, they tend to be bushy.