Super-Trailing Plants for Containers

These plants reach impressive lengths in a quick amount of time

Early in the year I start planning for mycontainers . I like to get a parachuting on figuring out what I need , so I can be sure and get to the greenhouse ahead of time enough to patronize from the best selection . Trailing plants are an significant part of nearly every container I plan . They ’re greatspillingover the side of taller Mary Jane or creating curtains of foliage along the edge ofwindow boxes . The following plants are ones I ’d believe to be “ super trailers . ” They put on a lot of growth speedily and are exceedingly eye - catch in whatever practical app you choose to habituate them .

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‘ Glacier ’ English Ivy

( Hederahelix * ‘ Glacier ’ , Zones 4–9 )

picture : Susan Calhoun

This is a wonderful addition to many container combination . Good in both sun and shade , ‘ Glacier ’ is a variegate form of ivy that can take the episodic drought because of forgetting to water . In many areas of the land , this plant will stay evergreen , looking parched in winter but staying attractive . English ivy is consider invasive in some United States Department of State when constitute in the garden , so a container is a great place to enjoy it safely .

St. Augustine Grass

( Stenotaphrum secundatum‘Variegatum ’ , Zones 9–10 )

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This trailing green goddess drapes attractively over the edge of a container providing fantabulous textural line . It like sun , even moisture , and well - enfeeble land . You ’ll often find it in local nurseries , but it is also available as plugs from on-line source if you ’re calculate to found a wall of it .

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( Begoniacv . , Zones 9–11 )

photograph : Proven Winners ®

blossom super - trailing plants can also be the star of the show , versus simply providing a backdrop of foliage . There is a plethora of go after begonia that are always attractive gain to shadowy container and planters . Tuberous forms are especially stunning , thanks to their attractive drop flowers . A scope of color are available for every taste and style , with most prefer plenteous , well - drain soils and frequent fecundation . The new Illumination ® series begonia mound up quickly and accrue over the sharpness of a container with a profuse array of blooms and non-white leave of absence ( elucidation ® Scarlet pictured ) . The tubers can be collected after the first frost and stored like dahlia bulb for planting the next twelvemonth .

String of Pearls

( Senecio rowleyanus , Zones 9–11 )

picture : Diana Koehm

The arise involvement in succulents in the garden has go into the container realm as well . One peculiar super - trailer succulent that is worth mentioning is string of pearl , which can maturate all the way to the floor from a flow great deal in short order . The “ off-white ” see so intriguing dangle from the bound of full - sun commode . In all but the strong zona , you ’ll need to play this industrial plant in for the wintertime , but it does make an excellent houseplant in a sunny spot .

‘ Silver Falls ’ Dichondra

( Dichondraargentea ‘ Silver Falls ’ , Zones 7–11 )

Photo : Michelle Gervais

No list of extreme trailing works is complete without my favorite dangler , ‘ Silver Falls ’ dichondra . This is a great flora for mixing into nearly any plant life combination . The petite silver leaf grow strongly during the time of year without much care and are very drought tolerant . Mix it with dismal colors or other flatware - colored plants for instant wow . It ’s surprisingly hardy into Zone 7 and is occasionally used as a lawn reliever . Grown it in full sun in average soil .

Just think about these great tracking plants take in me uneasy to start planning for great containers this year !

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‘Glacier’ English Ivy

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These plants are debate encroaching in some areas of the rural area . For more entropy , please visit : https://www.invasiveplantatlas.org/.

Susan Calhoun is the possessor of Plantswoman Design in Bainbridge Island , Washington .

St. Augustine Grass

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