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Suggestions please for large pot.

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shysal Mon 29-Jun-26 14:27:39

My Hydrangea Runaway Bride has been very disappointing for the last few years so I have decided it has to go. I have garden gift cards burning a hole in my pocket, so hope to find something spectacular for the pot.

I needs to be evergreen, compact and to grow to no more than a metre in height, although I can prune if it will tolerate it. It will be right outside my French window so all year interest would be good. The garden flower colour palette is lilac/pink/blue.

Thanking you in advance for any ideas.

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Oreo Mon 29-Jun-26 14:29:55

Azalea?

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Oreo Mon 29-Jun-26 14:30:17

They seem hardy too.

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Madgran77 Mon 29-Jun-26 18:40:31

Agapanthus are not evergreen but beautiful throughout the summer especially the blue ones. And you can plant bulbs round the edge for a spring display whilst the agapanthus rests and then the leaves appear again in the spring.

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Woollywoman Mon 29-Jun-26 18:46:41

Salvia Rosmarinus ‘Mrs Jessopp’s Upright’? Would need to be in a sunny position…

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shysal Mon 29-Jun-26 18:57:30

Madgran77

Agapanthus are not evergreen but beautiful throughout the summer especially the blue ones. And you can plant bulbs round the edge for a spring display whilst the agapanthus rests and then the leaves appear again in the spring.

I have some pots of Agapanthus, some of which I grew from seed. I love them. The giant ones are a show stopper! They are just bursting into flower. I protect them over winter so the leaves remain.

I saw some beautiful hot pink Alstromeria in the village this afternoon and looked them up. They flower all summer until the frosts. Some die down in winter, others don't apparently. I will keep them in mind.

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Gwyllt Mon 29-Jun-26 23:33:44

I have just potted up some good sized pots with herbs such as rosemary, thyme, lavender etc and interspersed with Mexican fleebane it will gain height and the latter will flower all summer Won’t mind a bit of drying out

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Wyllow3 Tue 30-Jun-26 00:16:44

Evergreen Jasmine? Gorgeous, it will need training over a shape. I have one just near my French windows and the scent is lovely and it gives all round colour.

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kircubbin2000 Tue 30-Jun-26 09:20:00

You have a flower palette?
Does anyone else?

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silverlining48 Tue 30-Jun-26 09:27:25

Just a thought. We had a hydrangea in the soil but It never really flowered so we planted it in a big pot and it’s flowered ever since. Looks stunning. We got the erecatious soil it needs and away it went.

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Ladyleftfieldlover Tue 30-Jun-26 09:28:35

kircubbin2000

You have a flower palette?
Does anyone else?

Yes! Blue, purple and pink!

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shysal Tue 30-Jun-26 09:34:01

kircubbin2000

You have a flower palette?
Does anyone else?

I don't do yellow or orange in the summer. Daffodils and primroses in spring are fine!

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Grannybags Tue 30-Jun-26 09:34:50

kircubbin2000

You have a flower palette?
Does anyone else?

No! I just bung in (plant!) anything I like 😁

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Patsy70 Tue 30-Jun-26 09:35:18
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I have a large white Heritage pot and last year I planted lavender, a grass (in the centre), evergreen trailing plants and winter flowering violas. It has been beautiful all year, so far.

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