My Favorite Mid-Summer Container Design Combinations This Season | Perennials, Grasses and More!

It may be the start of July but that doesn’t mean you’ve missed the boat on your summer containers. In fact, it means you’ve just opened to a world of possibilities that you couldn’t have dreamed of last month! Let’s chat through some of my favorite perennials, grasses and late season arrivals that make mid-summer the perfect time to add color to your containers.
As always, wishing you a beautiful day in the garden!
Kate
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[@kristinepeterson6761]

I’m always so sad when your container videos end! I could watch you do them all day. So inspiring!

[@HelloGarden]

Well the good news there is that I literally can’t stop doing them. 🤣 So glad you are enjoying my madness! 🌱

[@ritaperazzo3545]

Your videos feed my gardening soul. Thank you for sharing your beautiful mind.😊

[@HelloGarden]

Wow, thank you! Seeing people enjoy the content and comment feeds MY soul. Thank you for being here. 💞

[@GardenerPhyl]

Oh my, this is exactly the inspiration that I need in this moment. Thanks Kate - you’re a plant superstar!

[@HelloGarden]

You're so welcome! Have so much fun with your mid-summer color!!!

[@lilwilliams7277]

Thank you Kate. Wonderful combinations, you are an inspiration 🥰

[@HelloGarden]

Awww… thank you friend! 💕

[@Heather0804]

Love the combinations you create and your explanation of your thought processes behind each choice. I’m a sucker for a coral flower 😊 thank you once again Kate. Perfection!

[@HelloGarden]

Thank YOU for being here! Seriously though. I live to share my gardening journey and people, like you, who comment both feed the algorithm and my soul. 🥰

[@Heather0804]

@@HelloGarden wait wait Kate… You totally forgot something…… Where was the van re-introduction.. I half expected ‘friends… once again meet my little magic truck’ (aka the van of pleasures) sorry not sorry!!! hahaha! 🤣 seriously though it looked like you were going to for a brief second 😂

[@HelloGarden]

@@Heather0804 OMG. Ha ha ha! The van of pleasures has returned... and she means business. DYING.

[@debs-more-plants]

Wow! Fabulous combo’s! ❤❤❤ Thank you! Love your channel!

[@HelloGarden]

Deb, you're making me smile so big. Love seeing your name pop up here. Thank you for supporting me and cheering me on! 💞

[@debs-more-plants]

@@HelloGarden absolutely! I did a container I am so proud of based on your teachings! Having way too much fun! At least what I remember anyway! A gardener friend took a picture of it so there is that! I’m trying! 🪴🪴🪴

[@eileenchang2173]

Hi Kate, you are the Queen of plant colour and texture matching! 🥰🌸🇨🇦

[@HelloGarden]

Oh thank you! 👑 I will gladly accept my crown now. 😂

[@stefmcclure9386]

Wow! Stop, you're making me want to rip out my containers and start over! ❤

[@HelloGarden]

I should publish these videos with a trigger warning. 🤣

[@marthaschermann5562]

Kate, you are absolutely amazing. Such unusual combinations and your manner is just so soft and calming. Thanks for all the inspiration.

[@HelloGarden]

Thank you so much, Martha! This time of year, I panic for a half second and then realize how much I love creating with new goodies. 💞

[@ritagarcia30]

Kate you are like an artist with your garden paint brush-you bring so much depth and dimension to your arrangement- Jack Barnwell has a posting called-Planting a Container Collection at a Gorgeous Marco Island Oceanside Home- you both have sooo much passion you’d make Claude Monet proud🧚

[@HelloGarden]

Man. I love Jack. From the second we met at the NWFGS, it honestly felt like we had known each other for ages. It would be so fun to do a collab with him! I’m putting it on the vision board… 😍

[@ritagarcia30]

Kindred spirits know right away when they’ve met someone who sees every color of the rainbow- you two are like a brother🦋sister team- I’m always in awe when he shows his landscaping design on Mackinau Island- you two teamed up on a project would take the gardening world to an all time high🌈🌈🌈

[@tahoe13868]

Who knew our favorite container magician would be popping out of a white panel van?!? hahhhahaha You are absolutely hysterical my friend!

[@HelloGarden]

Ha ha ha ha! I am DYING over this comment! 😆

[@tahoe13868]

@@HelloGarden Glad you enjoyed. I was howling.

[@jennifergreene8891]

Hi Kate 👋 Love learning potting plants from you 😍 The way you talk it all out and show different choices 😊 Thank you 💜🙏💜

[@HelloGarden]

Well thank you for being here! I feel like I'm just sharing all the goodies that get me excited so it's fun to know it's helping others!

[@christiv2289]

Ohhhh Kate 🩷 I love the banana, guara, sweet potato vine, carex, arrangement. I love your style. You are so beautiful and talented.🩷

[@HelloGarden]

I popped that pic up on Instagram after I planted it... it turned out GORGEOUS and picked up on the grape vine growing along side it!

[@SallysGardenSolutions]

I am definitely feeling inspired! Thanks Kate. 🪴🌻🌺

[@HelloGarden]

Go forth and play with color! 🌻

[@user-jf5gr2ew2f]

I love your container thoughts and explanation ideas. You have helped me get back into container gardening. T Y !! I've jumped into from 3 last year (pre-made by the nursery) to eight this year that I've done myself. I go to my local nursery early in the morning (with my brown paper container template you introduced in one of your videos) and play with all the plants on my cart as I work on making my final choice. I've been soooo much happier with the outcome once planted. Stay cool this 4th, Temps up in the low 100°s in the PDX area.

[@HelloGarden]

This is SO GOOD!!!!! I love that not only are you doing them yourself, but you have almost tripled what you've accomplished! Well done, friend. Take a bow.

[@user-ji2rq8bl4u]

Talking about Salvia I a Wendy's Wish it is stunning you have to try that one

[@HelloGarden]

Oh I saw that one! It’s on my shopping list for next year. It’s GORG.

[@judyandrews1605]

You blow me away with each video. You truly are amazing!

[@HelloGarden]

Judy, you're making me blush. Just a crazy plant lady over here sharing her deepest joy! XO

[@rhondaschenk5727]

Fun video, Kate! Thanks!

[@HelloGarden]

Thanks for being here! It was so fun to create… and now I’m off to my client’s home. ☺️

[@newt52864]

I like the cool tones, to hot for chartreuse 😅🤣😂😉

[@HelloGarden]

Ha ha ha! We are about to hit the 90’s here… so hot.

[@Ann-bw8hm]

These are fabulous combinations! My container gardening game kicked up a notch this year thanks to your videos.

[@HelloGarden]

Heck yeah! I’m so happy I’ve helped brighten your world in some small way! ☺️

[@katjck11]

Just love your style so much! Thank you for sharing your genius with us! I have completely changed how I think about container plantings. Now, if only I had great nurseries in my area!💛🪴🌻💚

[@paulajames6149]

Always love your enthusiasm for plants. I usually add blue, green, and black foliage in all my containers with small medium and large textures.

[@HelloGarden]

Yes, yes, yes. Texture is the name of the game! Your containers sound FAB. 💝

[@sivlow264]

I love how you think outside the box. Thanks for sharing.

[@HelloGarden]

I secretly love that I have to make new choices… because I feel like it propels my creativity forward!

[@Blake.Cooper]

You are SUCH a natural in your videos. So multi-talented, friend!

[@HelloGarden]

Thank you so much! It's hard not to be natural when I'm busy getting excited about plants. Ha! It's my "natural habitat".

[@pcrice-lr2dn]

I love your ideas ,but I have learned anything with aggressive roots for a center piece is out ,one area of my garden which is shade,I only have pots,because all the trees and hydrangea roots make it impossible to dig there ,Some of the pots are huge,try to remove a big center piece is a nightmare,but you may have help but for me ,I have learned my lesson, Thank you for sharing your knowledge and HAPPY JULY 4th ♥️🇺🇸♥️. 🌿🍃

[@HelloGarden]

This is SO true. With gardening, know your limits. For example, NEVER IN ONE MILLION YEARS will I put a juncos in a pot. The one time I did it, I only left it in for a year and it was a total nightmare to remove. Lesson learned.

[@pattyvalinote4612]

Good morning Kate! Wow love the French vanilla petunias, but who am I kidding I love all the perennials and annuals! Gorgeous choice, with an education process! Thank you! 🪴👒🪴

[@HelloGarden]

Ha ha ha! That’s me too… “this one is my favorite! No this one!” But that French vanilla is soooooo good.

[@juliamorrisey5541]

I find myself talking to you as if you could actually respond. So many questions and opinions! Can I ask where you got the banana plants? I really liked that second arrangement and the size seemed doable to copy a little. I am already a plant addict but you are definitely an enabling influence. Love the new plant ideas.

[@HelloGarden]

Well the bananas are from my wholesale grower so it isn't open to the public, but I saw smaller ones (still 1.5' tall) at QFC of all darn places!

[@paulajames6149]

I have 2 mahagony splendor hibiscus in the garden. I need to go cut on them to bush them out.

[@HelloGarden]

oooooo... Have fun!

[@MichelleSuggs-ls1ki]

The banana containers will be beautiful. Hope you can just take a picture so we can see them in the final planted stage…

[@HelloGarden]

I just posted the pics over on Instagram! They turned out soooooo good. Now I want to make some for myself. Ha!

[@tracythomas343]

So many wonderful ideas. I have some grasses in 4” pots I’ve had for months not knowing what to do with them. You’ve given me so many great ideas. I also just ordered a few plants from PW direct that I can envision some creative container plantings. I love your content‼️‼️❤️🌹

[@HelloGarden]

Have so much fun with your PW order!!! Love it when I see your name in the comments. 😊

[@tracythomas343]

@@HelloGarden ❤️

[@jasminelouisefarrall]

Gorgeous 💓💓💓

[@HelloGarden]

Thank you so much, friend! 💖

[@normarobles4899]

#teamred ❤

[@jeaniemcdaris8276]

❤

[@HelloGarden]

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