49 Best Shrubs for Containers | Best Container Gardening Plants

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Here’s an exclusive list of the Best Shrubs for Containers that you can display on a small patio, a rooftop garden, a balcony, or a big backyard!
Flowering Maple
It is also called “Indian Mallow” or “Flowering Maple.” Abutilon is a beautiful shrub that grows gorgeous hollyhock-like flowers.
Andromeda
“Pieris Japonica” is an excellent bush for container gardens. It can grow up to 2-4 feet tall with some attention and care.
Anisodontea
This charming South African shrub grows in full sun and requires dry soil to thrive. A balcony, terrace, or patio facing south or West is perfect for this shrub.
Aster
Aster comes in a variety of colors and blooms prolifically. It is an easy-to-grow plant that blooms in summer and fall. Both annual and perennial types are available.
Spotted Laurel
Also called “Gold Dust” due to its speckled foliage, it is one of the best shrubs for containers. You can grow it for its beautiful foliage as its flowers are not as aesthetic.
Azalea
Azalea is one of the most profusely blooming flowering plants. It requires moist soil, partial sun, and acidic soil to thrive.
Bougainvillea
This beautiful ever-blooming perennial shrub is vibrant and colorful and almost requires no care in tropical and subtropical areas. It needs full sun and dry soil to thrive.
Brugmansia
Also known as Angel’s Trumpet, the flowers of this shrub smell great at night and attract pollinators. Growing it in pots is easy.
Butterfly Bush
Buddleia offers abundant flowering panicles in white to red through pink to purple or blue colors. Grow a dwarf variety in a large and deep pot.
Boxwood
The most adaptable and easy to grow shrub, boxwood is landscapers’ favorite and one of the best shrubs for the containers.
Calamansi
It has a bushy growth and stays compact, making it best for containers. If you want fruits, ensure it gets plenty of sun exposure.
Bottlebrush
A Beautiful shrub that attracts pollinators and looks exquisite in its bright red blooms, it also comes in other colors like purplish pink, lemon yellow, or white.
Camellia
It is a beautiful flowering shrub, but when grown in pots, it becomes demanding. Camellia requires humus-rich acidic soil and regular maintenance.
Cistus
Also called “Rockrose,” this evergreen Mediterranean shrub is tough and drought tolerant and thrives on neglect. It is suitable for pots and thrives in a sunny location.
Lemon
It grows really well in pots and looks beautiful. Choose the sunniest location that is sheltered from drafts.
Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster is usually grown as a ground cover or in hedges in the gardens, but it can also be grown as a container plant. Choose a large container as this plant spreads a lot.
Daphne
Keep the plant in partial shade and water it well in the summer as it loves moist soil. For blooms, make sure it gets plenty of sunlight.
Silverberry
If you’re searching for a tough, drought-tolerant shrub that loves to grow without maintenance, it is Elaeagnus. It is also suitable for planting in coastal areas.
Escallonia
A beautiful, decorative, and fragrant foliage plant with small tube-shaped flowers that come in white, pink, or red colors. Keep it in partial sun in warmer zones and under full sun in cooler zones.
Forsythia
Grow dwarf forsythia varieties in containers. They are not fussy about soil types but require a well-draining medium. Keep this fragrant plant in a location that receives plenty of sunlight.
Magnolia
Magnolias grow slowly, which means you can have one in the pot for a long time. But the best way to grow magnolia in a container is to buy its dwarf shrub variety.
Crepe Myrtle
The beautiful, vibrant, and colorful Crepe myrtle flowers bloom in abundance with proper care. Dwarf, shrub-like varieties are suitable for containers.
Pittosporum
Beautiful shrub with stunning foliage and fragrant flowers, pittosporum fills the air with orange like a fresh breeze.
Peony
Stately and plump, Peony flowers are large and often fragrant, single or double petaled.
Potentilla
A Beautiful perennial shrub that grows up to 3-5 feet tall, Potentilla starts to flower from mid to late summer and blooms till late fall.
Rose
Planting shrub Roses in pots is a good idea. However, they require care and regular maintenance.
Rosemary
Rosemary is a highly aromatic perennial and a useful culinary shrub. Its beautiful blue-colored flowers and silvery-green foliage also make it an ornamental plant.
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[@Juliet39300]

Butterfly bush❤❤

[@terracegardeningislamabad7814]

Very informative and nice video.Thanks for sharing

[@BalconyGardenWeb]

Thank you so much, really appreciate the feedback

[@Livewith_nature]

Beautiful sharing

[@RennieAufdemstein]

I had a gooseberry last year, produced fruit, did well all summer; did not come back in spring. Zone 3 on balcony, east & south exposure.

[@meenaxisanga]

Very beautiful plant varieties

[@Junaknaturalflowers2447]

Beautiful 💖❤️🌹🌹💕♥️♥️

[@BalconyGardenWeb]

Thank you

[@VishalYadav-ot9so]

So beautiful ❤️

[@sharettamcghee9894]

Hello I'm a newbie to gardening....I'm interested in adding shrubs to my front ...I have boxshrub but want to know can I use other shrubs in containers for my background? For height

[@nangoo6209]

Thank you so much Amazing 🪴 plant and nice 👍 🎥✅💯💯🍀🥰💁‍♀️🪴🪴🪴💯💯

[@reginadsouza4432]

What minimum size should the container be ?

[@BalconyGardenWeb]

It depends on the type of plant and size of it when you buy it. You can start off with a 12 inch pot and a medium hight plant.

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Can you please provide me some variety of plants or Plant seeds mainly fragrance plants or seeds , instead of them creeper plants.Kindly donate me for encouraging me to garden development side .