Container full of color
By: Garden Gate staff
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Container full of color
You may not be able to have flower-filled containers all winter where you live, but if your temps don’t fall too far from freezing, you can plant up a colorful pot. This bright combo can survive temperatures that dip to around 20 degrees F.
Just click ahead to find out more about the plants here and how to handle them through winter.
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Winter combo
Cover plants with a sheet or move the container to a garage when temps drop lower than 20 degrees F. Pinch off dead blooms if they get nipped by cold and wait for new buds to appear when it warms up.
A – ‘Redbor’ flowering kale (Brassica oleracea) Biennial; purple edible foliage; full sun to part shade; 12 to 24 in. tall, 15 to 18 in. wide; cold zones 7 to 11, heat zones 12 to 1
B – ‘Hot Cakes Purple’ stock (Matthiola incana) Tender perennial; purple flowers late winter until it’s too hot in summer; full sun to part shade; 12 to 18 in. tall, 10 to 12 in. wide; cold zones 7 to 10, heat zones 12 to 1
C – Bright Lights chard (Beta vulgaris cicla flavescens) Biennial; multicolored edible foliage and stems; full sun to part shade; 18 to 24 in. tall, 9 to 12 in. wide; cold zones 7 to 11, heat zones 12 to 1
D – ‘Penny™ Orange pansy (Viola) Tender perennial; tangerine-orange flowers late winter through fall; full sun to part shade; 6 to 8 in. tall, 8 to 10 in. wide; cold zones 5 to 8, heat zones 12 to 1
E – ‘Eva’ English ivy (Hedera helix) Perennial vine; mottled green and white foliage; full sun to part shade; 1 to 80 ft. tall, 3 to 40 ft. wide; cold zones 4 to 9, heat zones 9 to 1
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