If you want a change from petunias and geraniums in your planters this year then here are twelve ideas you can try. There are a range of different styles which even include fruit which is certainly not an obvious choice but a delicious one. These twelve stylish ideas for your summer planters come from an article By Lauren Dunec Hoang which I came across on the Houzz website.

Potting up a few plants is one of the easiest ways to give your garden, porch or patio a boost for summer. Take a look at these 12 summer container gardens that range from classic, like potted lavender, bacopa and other colorful perennials, to surprising, like supersweet dwarf raspberries that thrive in containers.

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1. Cottage perennial. Flanking a doorway, a pair of summer containers brightens the entrance of this backyard cottage in Vancouver, Washington. To get a similar cottage-perennial look, use strappy New Zealand flax (Phormium spp.) to anchor the container, and tuck in colorful perennials, summer-flowering bulbs and trailing plants to soften the sides of the pot. The designer of these containers used pink dwarf dahlias, purple heliotrope, pale lavender million bells (Calibrachoa sp.) and, to spill over the sides, golden creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia ?Aurea?, USDA zones 3 to 9; find your zone).
Water requirement: Moderate
Light requirement: Full sun

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2. Magenta beauty. Go bold with a high-contrast container with dark purple, magenta and zingy chartreuse plants. The designer of this container mixed pink-flowering, purple-leaved begonia with feathery papyrus, berry-colored million bells (Calibrachoa sp.) and two types of sweet potato vine (Ipomoea batatas, zones 9 to 11), dark purple and bright lime. This container display would be well-suited for a partially shady location, such as nestled in a bed in dappled shade or under a covered patio.
Water requirement: Moderate
Light requirement: Partial sun or light shade

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3. Raspberry delight. Raspberries and other prickly shrubs are usually tucked out of sight in the back garden. That?s not the case for this darling little hybrid called Raspberry Shortcake, which looks sweet as can be potted on the patio. This dwarf hybrid (from the Bushel and Berry collection, formerly BrazelBerries) thrives in a large container, growing to be only 2 to 3 feet tall and wide, and is also thornless. Plant in spring or early summer to enjoy sweet, large red berries by midsummer.
Water requirement: Regular; keep the soil consistently moist leading up to and throughout summer fruiting season
Light requirement: Full sun

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Feature Photo: Le jardinet

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