A patio container garden helps to define the area while making it feel more intimate and comfortable. These containers can sit almost anywhere and add much more to the space than visual interest. Some of these containers can add to the ambience of your patio through sound and smell.

Around the Patio

A patio container garden has a way of adding a personal touch your sitting area. The area leading up to your patio is as good place to start. Climbing vines such as hops quickly cover a garden arbor. These types of plants are also helpful for privacy when allowed to grow on at chain link fence. The walkway to the patio can be lined with over flowing pots of annuals, like wave petunias. Potted tropical plants can be used to add some height to your patio during the summer and embellish your house in the winter.

Treats on the Patio

A patio container gardening can also provide treats for your guests. Fruit plants such as strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries grow well in containers. These plants have blossoms early in the season and fruit shortly after the flowers have faded. Once the blooms and fruit are gone, not all is lost. The foliage of these plants looks fresh and full until the first frost of the fall.

Inviting Visitors and Getting rid of Unwanted Ones

Certain species of plants attract visitors of the non-human variety when seeded in your patio container garden. Many species of songbirds will flock to your patio for that fruit and seeds that can be found there. Some varieties of flowers attract butterflies to your space. Some butterfly attracting plants include asters, shasta daises, and verbena. The plants in and around your patio can get rid of unwanted visitors. For instance, cacti keep cats from digging in your pots. Deer dislike lambs ear and will stop nibbling on your plants after a quick taste of it.

Do you Hear That?

A patio container garden can add to the relaxation of space through the addition of calming sounds. Fountains can be added to a water garden or used as a focal point on its own. These fountains sound wonderful and look stunning when accented with the various potted plants. Water features such as waterfalls can be added to the side of a water container garden as well. Rock garden plants added to the stones of the waterfall.

Great Patio Scents

The smell emanating from a patio container garden can also add to the mood of a space. Many flowers varieties give off a strong heavenly scent, but they are not the only ones. Herbs can be grown on the patio to add a variety to the scents found on your patio. Thyme, oregano, and rosemary give off scents that are spicy in nature. For smells that remind you of days gone by, cinnamon, mint, and nutmeg work well.

The plants found in a patio container garden should leave an impression on your mind. Garden containers provide a total experience by adding to the visual appeal of your space as well as the sounds, smells, and enjoyment you will have there. If you stand in your patio and think “wow,” you have created the perfect effect in your patio.