Looking for a bright patio planter full of colourful passion and fiery foliage? This bold container garden is perfect for the patio or front stoop, with a variety of our favourite annuals and perennials in oranges, reds and limes. The taller plants, along with the fiber optic grass, will provide movement and energy to the container garden design. The canna lilies will bloom all summer long while the coleus provides colour with its gorgeous foliage. Feel free to substitute your own favourites in this planter design!  Here is the list of what we used in our Fiery Planter. Save or ..read more

Fall favourites make a beautiful seasonal autumn planter for your patio or front door! Choose your own colour scheme to personalize your look, as well as a matching pot. We started with taller perennials like blue switch grass and rosemary to add height and texture to our design. Then we filled in the middle areas with medium sized plants that added darker foliage or other interesting, eye-catching elements. The front area was saved for bright pansies for a pop of colour. We also used cut pampas grass as an accent, which can be removed after the season and used in another design, or brought ..read more

There are so many different hues of pink, from soft pastel to bright fuschia, but they all pair well with white. We’ve mixed it up a bit in this collection to give you a broad spectrum of pink blooms as well as pink foliage with the coleus we’ve added! When planning a pot of different plants, get two or more of each to create a solid display. You can grab three to four of your very favourite plant in this mix, as a way to make it really stand out. Here are our favourite pink and white blooms for a beautiful patio planter this Spring! Click, then print or screenshot the list below fo ..read more

Although most ‘blue’ flowers end up leaning toward the purple spectrum, we love the blooms with a touch of blue in them! Put together this design for a low patio planter with plenty of pizzaz all Spring long! Our Picks Lysimachia Purple fountain grass Blue bacopa Purple verbena Pink calibrachoa Click, then print or screenshot the list to the right for when you visit the garden centre! The post Blue, Purple + White Colour Pairings appeared first on West Coast Gardens ..read more

This white and green container garden livens up any patio or outside space, bringing lush foliage and white blooms to your dreary winter days. It will last through early spring, and can be freshened up later on with different spring, or early summer, blooming plants. (20″ pot) Click here for the container garden template, then print or right click to save.  The post Early Spring Container Garden appeared first on West Coast Gardens ..read more

We’ve written a love letter to Spring with this planter! Giant white hydrangea blooms, mixed with natural branches of pussy willow and yew. Small white alyssum, ivy and carex add texture and interesting design elements. For a pop of colour we’ve used purple osteosparnum (African Daisy) and dianthus. (14″-16″ pot) Click here for the container garden template, then print or right click to save.  The post Spring Love Letter appeared first on West Coast Gardens ..read more

Beautiful violet blooms springing up amid dark and silver foliage. Tall leaves, mixed with hanging delicate vines. An elegant planter for your patio or yard. (20″ pot) Click here for the container garden template, then print or right click to save.  The post Pale Violet Romantic Spring appeared first on West Coast Gardens ..read more

Getting ready for the warmer weather with some lime and coconut colours in this pot! Beautiful giant hydrangeas in white! Lime cypress with bright grass and sedum to match. If you’re looking for a few more additions, you can also pop in some mini-daffodils, chrysanthemums or white bacopa.  (12″-16″ pot) Click here for the container garden template, then print or right click to save.  The post Lime and Coconut Mix appeared first on West Coast Gardens ..read more

There’s so many pretty posies in this planter, it’s exploding with colour. We’ve used red, blue and yellow to create a design of primary colours for your spring patio! Includes pansies, hyacinth, primula, ranunculus and sedum. (12″ pot) Click here for the container garden template, then print or right click to save.  The post Pansy Primula Party appeared first on West Coast Gardens ..read more

Pale pinks and whites create the perfect spring planter. Mix up the pastel blooms amid dark green foliage. Soft colours for a romantic look. (20″ pot) Click here for the container garden template, then print or right click to save.  The post Spring Blush Planter appeared first on West Coast Gardens ..read more