Planting in planters

[Glenthebattleostrich]

I have some planters in my front garden. A long narrow planter and a large rectangular one. Last year all the plants died and i need to redo them.

I'd like some quite tall plants which are hardy and don't need too much maintenance. Any suggestions?

The narrow planters are about 40cm high and 15cm deep, the large is 1m by 50cm so quite big. It can be quite windy but gets lots of sun from mid morning onwards.

Thanks from a novice gardener.

Agapanthus are lovely in planters

Fuschia? Tend to be hardy and grow well up to about 3 feet, you’d need to choose the right variety but they give a lovely long flowering season. We can’t kill ours despite years of hacking at it.

How tall are you wanting?

Delphiniums, tall dahlias (fireworks is a brilliant one), alliums.

I think ornamental grasses would be good especially as you will get a lot of movement from the wind. I would check out Piet Oudolf, his gardens are sensational.

15cm isn't very deep, especially for a narrow planter, and would be likely to dry out in hot spells. Why did the stuff you planted last year die - was it just annuals that die at the end of the season anyway, or was it underwatering?

I think they are 40cm and 50cm deep so most things will be fine. Unless I've read it wrong..

Thanks fpr the ideas. Love fuscia and ornamental grass. I'll give them a go.

The plants last year died because some were annuals and we had a hosepipe ban so they didn't get watered as much as they needed.