I have lots of plants growing in containers and I love everythng and because of my clay soil, I plant then in containers until I can get a good bed for them to grow.

Red Hibiscus

Yelloween Orienpet

Named Elephant Ears, Mae Chang, Hilo, Giantee, Black Magic,(Ihope they all come back)

3 different Amaryllis

Small Lily of the Nile

Banana Pups

Aloe Vera

Spider Lilies

Roses

Lavender Butterfly bush

Easter Egg Plant

Crinum (Milk and Wine thriving in a 5 gallon bucket of rain water )

Crown of Thorns

Mother of Thousands

Naked Ladies

Quite a few cannas

Morning Glory Bush

I am sure I missed something 

 

I am getting ready to pot:

Rose of Sharon(white)

White Hydrangea

Crazy shasta daisy

Peacock orchids

Pineapple Lily

Jack in the Pulpit

Asiatic Lilies

Grannyrose - Zone 9 - Houston,TX

 Well, I would love to have indoor plants in containers, but the cat won't allow it. Lord knows I love the cat like a baby, but I can not seem to teach him to stay out of the plants. I have ONE potted plant on a very tall planter that I don't even know the name of. My great aunt gave it to me when we moved into the house (along with 6 other plants I had to give away because the cat kept knocking them over or peeing in them) I did try putting tobasco sauce on some cling wrap and covering the soil with it after I dabbed a few drops into his mouth. That worked for about one week. Then, JuJu was back to his nosey self.

Outside is a totally different matter! I guess I have to compensate for the lack of indoor plants. I have 6 pots full of tall bearded iris and one pot with anemone in it. Plus, I have one pot with a recent trade of Aloe Vera. Then, I have 3 pots with butterfly tulip, buttercups, and peacock orchids in them. Also, I have some painted pink daisey in another pot. Last, but not least, I have Calla lily twilight in one pot by the front door. All the other containers (around 20) are full of iris that I will trade soon.

Recently, I started 5 trays of seeds from trade (blue talc hosta, sunflower senation mix, fuschia 4 o'clocks, blue columbine, and double columbine mix). I have a lot of other seeds and bulbs that I have not yet planted anywhere, but I need to get some more jiffy start trays. Those things are neat. I got them from walmart for like 2 dollars or something like that.

However, the majority of my plants are in flower beds. I spent lots of time and money getting the soil fixed up good all around the house and several raised flower beds. So, I have lots of space with nothing in it yet. I have daylilies (around 20 types), dahlias (2 types), jumbo gladiolus (3 types), crocus (3 types), tulips (4 types), grape hyacinth, daffodil, ipheon, tall bearded iris (4 types), japanese iris (2 types), anemone (5 types), paperwhite (1 type), ornamental cabbage purple, ornamental cabbage white, caladium (2 types), lambs ear, wandering jew, calla lily pink, azelea pink, redbud trees, white flowering tree of unknown origin, and snowball trees/bush in the flower beds. So, that is what I have so far in the beds, but I still have room for more (lol, we can always find room for more can't we) 

So, does anyone have any ideas how to keep a nosey cat out of plants so I can have more on the inside?

Char

1violetheart trades

All of my plants are in pot, seedling everywhere around here, since the snow just keeps coming here in NY, pots in the living room,kitchen counter, and the bedroom floors, might even put some in the bathroom.LOL

Here are my container plants..... (BTW, the numbers represent # of pots, not plants)...

Corn Plant -1

Norfolk Island Pine - 5

Plumeria -1

Dragon Tree -1

Dumb Cane -1

 Mother in Law - 2

Rubber Tree -1

Philodendron -1

Croton -1

Crown of Thorns -1

Pepperomia -1

Bromilliad - 2

Pineapple -1

Ferns -3

Kalanchoe -1

Jade -1

Pothos Ivy -3

Hoya -1

Poinsettia -1

Amaryllis -2

Baobab Tree -2

Asparagus Fern -1

Bamboo -1

Orchid -1

Terarrium #1 (mini orchid, geranium, etc.)

Terarrium #2 ( Christmas cactus, aloe & Suhauro cactus -babies)

 

cuttings/seedlings:

 Hydrangea cuttings -3

Pumpkins -1

Guava Tree -1

Datura Blue-1

Datura White -1

 I've also got 3 trays of seedlings in the mini greenhouse, and 17 seedling varieties in my hydroponics setup-most of the seedlings will be transplanted outdoors soon.....Geez, I think that's everything.

Chellflower ~ zone 8

I’m ‘ Loopy ‘ most of the time, but it shows off my ‘ well-rounded’ personality

Chellflower, sounds like you have yourself a lasagna garden going! Other things to leave out of the compost heap are dairy and meat products. They can easily grow all sorts of bacteria and the warm and moist environment is a perfect breeding ground for all sorts of yucko stuff that could make you super sick! Egg shells and coffee grounds are fabulous in the compost heap.

Since I truly lack space around here, I intend to try something different this year. I'm going to grow my tomatoes upside down!

I'd really love to have a compost heap, but I'm not sure how well my landlord would take it....And since I have a lot of neighbors, I don't want to do anything to give them ideas. They are already pretty horrible about picking up the little duties that their animals leave around.

My prized container plants are probably the Maranta Variegata that I started from a tuber and that's just getting leaves, my brugs, my Brazilian Fireworks and my Stephanotis Floribunda. Nearly all of my indoor houseplants will go outside for the summer once the weather warms up enough.

Susan, the Texas Yankee, the Texas Rangerette and the Assistant Administrator

SKBeal's Snazzy Tra

I currently have these growing in containers

Amarillyus

Cannas

Irises

Desert Rose

Orchids

Caladuims

Blackberry Lily

African Violets

Apetina

Hycintha

Dahlias

Orential Lilies

 

This is a list of what I currently have growing in containers. I have found that most things do very well in containers.

because I would not risk most plants in the nasty clay soil I have.  I just moved into this house and it will take a while to get all the beds amended the way I would like.  I have purple persian shield, improved meyer lemon, all of my hydrangeas and clematis are in containers, bougainvillea, several hibiscus, and clerodendrum ugandenes. 

I have brugs, pineapples, sansevieria, lots of pathos, stephanotis floribunda, Brazilian fireworks, Christmas cacti, Norfolk Island pine, Maranta Variegata, Chinese Evergreen, Hibiscus, Rose of Sharon, Datura, two kinds of pine, Plumeria, small leaved wandering Jew, Pepperomia, Croton, and loads of seeds I just planted.

Susan, the Texas Yankee, the Texas Rangerette and the Assistant Administrator

SKBeal's Snazzy Tra

I have brugs,confedert rose, desert rose,lemon trees, a lime tree, datura, ferns and Im sure I have more.

I have Iris in 2 window boxes with zinnia's & cosmos seeds mixed amongst them. Prickley pear cactus, aloe's and an unnamed cactus and a surprise bird planted palmtree. I have started in 2 pots some barrel cactus and aguave. Petunia's, snapdragon's around my peruvian lilly. Spider plants, red spider lilly, moonlfower, datura's, 3 brug's, pothos, purple heart and I did a tomato this year in a pot and did get a taste of yumm from it.

mawnature http://www.gardenhere.org/node/533

 WOW, MS. PENNY.....what a neat thread to start!!! I surely do see a lot of plants I'd like to have a pinch of!!   I'm especially interested in the orchids I saw listed by a couple of you....please post some pictures, everyone!!

I have Night Blooming Cereus, Asparagus Fern, Gardenias, Aloe Vera, Rosemary, Crinum Lily, Christmas Cactus, Phaelanopsis orchid pink, Oncidium orchid "dancing ladies" yellow, and Nun's orchid, Sedum, Holey Ivy, English Ivy, Moss Verbena, and an Elephant Ear, plus about 12 more I'm growing from cuttings, rootings, for overwintering, etc. 

I have to many growing in pots.  Hibiscus', Wisteria's, Rose of Sharons, Banana Trees, Confederate Roses, yucca's, Roses, Hydrangea's, Azeala's, Brugmansia, Datura's, Ylang Ylang, Daylilies, Gingers.

I have lots growing in pots due to lack of space and my wanting to have one of everything. Naked Ladies Amaryllis Cannas Elephant Ears Butterfly Bush Easter Egg Plant Aloe Dahlias Lillium Orienpet Morning Glory Bush Red Leaf Hibiscus Wisteria Roses Rose of Sharon Tomatoes Bell Pepper Iris Banana Trees Mexican Petunia Prickly Pear Spider Lilies Crinium  lilies Potatoe Vines

I have some pansys I just planted and I still have some marigolds and some mums. I put the herbs in the ground now so I emptyed most of the pots. I'm looking forward to planning new things in the pots for next year.

lyn
gardeners make the best friends

Since its only 40 here in Indiana today it seems like I have WAY to many in pots, since they are all invading my kitchen :O) lolol

Chris

I have lots growing in pots for the winter here. This is one of my favorites though.
frog

WOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO you all have lots growing in pots.

I have orchids, bromelaids, umbrella tree, asiatic lily, phlox, daylilies, irises, desert rose, coleus, apple blossom apetina, cactus,and begonia.

I have a lot growing in containers:

Bromeliads

Rose of Sharon

Hibiscus

Elephant Ears -- two kinds

A pineapple planted from the top of a fruit

A Norfolks Island Pine

Two palms

Oh...lots more

Tons of pathos

Susan, the  Texas Yankee  Ranger and the Forum Manager

 

 

 

Let's see, I have so much growing in pots!  Here's a list~

Sweet Basil and Lemon Basil

Chives

Impatiens

Columbine

Iris

Lilies

Tomatos

Moss Rose

Dahlias

Geraniums

Rose

4 Leaf Clover

Aloe

Wandering Jew

Spider Plants

Tiger Boston Fern

Christmas Cactus

Red Chennile

Butterfly Bush (thank you Paula!)

Coleus

Marigolds

Glads

String of Pearls (thank you Paula!)

Plumeria (thank you Treva!)

 

Oh my gosh, there's so much that I have growing in pots!  I know I'm forgetting alot!  If you couldn't tell by now, I do mainly container gardening!

Please post a picture !