Pots aplenty

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I have a massive collection of pots and planters. But I seem to fall short in providing year round interest. It's all over after a burst of late spring-mid summer!
Tell me or better still show
Me some of your pots
Thanks! X

how are everyone's pots doing now it's peak time? any great successes this year?

Everything was great, then we had a freak hail storm, which wrecked all the village gardens and property. A few weeks on things are beginning to sprout again, but many will not look good till next year.

my successes this year have been bizzy lizzies,begoniasand salvias

salvia amstad particularly....stunning,flowering now but i remember my last one went through til autumn

heucheras and astilbes. My hydrangeas were rescued from a skip...all 4 have done wells has my climbing passion flower....stunning

disappointed with my roses this year and likewise my hanging pots which had trailing lobelia (did not trail, grew upright) and (trailing) petunias, again,didnt trail!!

I am envious of the cranesbill geraniums all over my neighbour’s garden, they’ve been flowering all summer. Must plant some in mine.

Erigeron has also been going strong all summer.

Plumbago in a pot is flowering right now.

erigeron is a winner isn't it? probably been longest flowerer for me. Have managed to get a third flowering from some self seeded antirrhinums which was great. Planted 3 rozanne geraniums this year- have high expectations for them next year. Salvias have been a mixed bag but I didn't deadhead them so my fault.....

I've got some sedum spectabile in pots (they're so easy to propagate, I didn't have anywhere else to put them. They're nicely shaped green plants most of the summer but will soon be flowering and attracting butterflies. So they're a good addition to a mix of pots for late season.
I also potted up some Japanese anemones that were spreading too far, they're starting to look good now.

I've got a pot right now is almost bursting with blue agapanthus, this photo is from the start of the month before they were quite fully out.

(Sedum spectabile has been renamed but I can't remember what offhand)

@ErrolTheDragon That's a pretty arrangement you've got in your garden. Some of my summer bedding plants are past their best now, so I popped to the garden centre today and treated myself to a fuschia and some impatiens, and a few geranium bedding plants that were on a two for one offer. They're very root bound but I got them potted up and hopefully they will perk up a bit. I might take a few cuttings of them in the autumn, then over winter them in the glasshouse, which will be empty once the toms are finished.

My front pots, which I tend to forget about once I have walked past them, have to look after themselves. I do sometimes give them a handful of slow release fertiliser and a good drink.

I have two which are planted with small euphorbia and a red phormium, they were supposed to have bulbs and other things too but the euphorbia has taken over, but it looks pretty and doesn’t make demands.

The third planter is a bit bigger so as well as the phormium and euphorbia it has a slightly bedraggled lavender and a choysia as well. If I remember I hide a nine inch pot of nasturtium (empress of India for preference) in there for the summer for a splash of colour, but I forgot this year .

I think the secret is to choose things that don’t need to be constantly fussed with, deadheaded or clipped. And which are hardy and thrive on neglect!