Cold Weather Plants for Winter Container Gardens in Charleston

Charleston is looking at another cold week with freezing temps and potential snow! If your window baskets, porch pots, and container gardens have been suffering this winter, you probably need to incorporate some cold hardy annuals. You can still achieve full, thriving container gardens through the season by adding these cold weather plants to your containers today.

When designing a container garden, use the phrase "thriller, filler, spiller" to help you choose plants with different growth habits. Utilizing a variety of heights and types of plants will make your container look more balanced and professional. "Thriller" refers to the tallest, eye catching plant in your container. Through the winter we like to use small evergreens like boxwood, cypress, iris, or camellias. This ensure your pot always has something green, no matter the weather! Here are some of our favorite "fillers" and "spillers" that you can add to your containers gardens right now for color and texture all winter long.

Fillers

Pansies and Violas

Snapdragons

Hellebore

Lambs Ear

Heuchera

Delphinium

Ornamental kale and cabbage

Spillers

Wire vine

Ivy

Phlox

Vinca vine

Alyssum

Kramer's Red Heather

Stop in this week and let us help you fix up your containers gardens this season!