Transform a dull corner by filling a container with colourful shrubs or flowering perennials.
What to do
Plant up pots for a striking, year-round display. You can grow showy shrubs, flowering perennials or a mixture of both in pots.
Follow our easy guide to making the most of your containers.
Choose your planting combination. An architectural shrub such as a cordyline with annuals that can be changed seasonally is a good way of adding structure and colour.
Cover the drainage hole in your container with a layer of broken terracotta pot.
Fill with compost to the level of the base of your largest pot.
Arrange plants in container.
When you're happy with the combination, plant and fill in gaps with compost. Firm and finish by watering well.
Time needed
30 minutes
You will need
Assortment of plants
Container
Compost
Broken bits of pot
Watering can
Watch Joe Swift planting an agapanthus in a container
