What is the best plant/shrub for 36" urn planter for all year round.
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What is you location and lighting?
A friend has a planter like this with a dwarf ninebark (wine-colored leaves, flowers in summer). It does drop leaves in winter, but it's got interesting bark; a stunning plant and withstands cold. I think it's Little Devil, and grows to about 3 ft. tall.
A lemon tree can take a fair amount of abuse and you will get fruit every winter. All the best with that.
I would plant English, devil or pothos ivy. They are tough plants. Best part is that you can shape the ivy into a topiary
We live in northern Illinois (zone 5) and have always had excellent luck growing small arborvitae in containers. We've had them in a container for years, then successfully relocated them to the yard when they got too big.
I have a couple of lime colored coral bell plants in pots that have gotten bigger and prettier the last 2 years. They keep their leaves in winter although they do go down a little. They perk back up in the spring and are beautiful.
How tall do you let them get before transplanting? I like this one!
Maybe a Korean lilac kept pruned to a small size
Dwarf Alberta spruce, or boxwood both hold up well in planters. For color in summer you can plant annuals around the base of the shrubs, if there is space.
We had boxwoods in 2 large containers.
Box woods or any other evergreen does well. Birds Nest Spruce would probably be my pick. Check out on Internet. I liked Verburum as well especially verigated species as they do nicely in containers plus they're hardy and lend a bit of color.. Croton plants are also to be considered because the are colorful and do well in containers. But if you don't live in Florida you may have to bring inside during winter. I've used Croton plants inside when living in Pa and they do well in a sunny spot away from direct heat. Outside in Florida the heat is no problem and they survive well the droughts. But a hard freeze will definitely kill them back to their root if in ground- meaning I've had some in yard get killed to ground during a freeze and then come back from root to become hardy plant again. But In a container freeze would probably kill them totally.
Boxwood shrubs are wonderful.
A Cordeline the red