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Create Bold, Dramatic Container Gardens

Use our plant-by-numbers guide to create bold, beautiful, and eye-catching container gardens.

By Kelly Roberson

Fountain grass, coleus, rue, croton
 

Play Up the Power of Foliage

A collection of foliage plants, grouped in vintage and new containers, pulls greens, yellows, and rust into a coordinating palette.

A. Purple fountaingrass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') -- 2
B. Coleus (Solenostemon 'Glennis') -- 2
C. Rue (Ruta graveolens 'Jackman's Blue') -- 3
D. Croton (Codeiaeum 'Gold Star') -- 3
E. Dracaena 'Florida Beauty' -- 1
F. Hosta 'Bright Lights' --1
G. Dracaena marginata -- 1



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