Low Maintenance Four Season Container

Here is an opportunity for me to share some of that "more" I told you about.  Just had to show you this container that is in front of the Madison Cafe on Washington Street.  I put this arrangement together for Sherry Clark last year to spruce up the front of her restaurant and gift shop (btw...great food and great gifts).  I'm not sure what she is feeding those containers but they sure are happy in their environment....which is mostly shade except for some morning sun. 

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The plant on the right is one of my favorite shade plants -- which will take a lot of sun though -- Illicium 'Florida Sunshine'.  It is a bright spot in any situation.  Growing to about 5 feet tall and 3 feet wide it is a manageable size yet easily pruned to whatever you need.

 

 

Of course.....the fern in the picture is Autumn Fern....a standard for any of my containers.  It can withstand total shade and even full sun.  Tucked in amongst all that are a Carex 'Evergold' (the lighter one) and a Carex testecea.  The far left plant is a Heuchera, one of the lime colored ones, which tends to go to a bland green without enough sun...still the texture contrast is there. 

 

If you need an easy care container for a shady spot, consider any of these.