Decorate your patio, deck, and walkways with easy-care containers full of your favorite flowers, vegetables, or herbs. In season, Wedel's carries dozens of beautiful container plants ready for gift giving or to put in your outdoor living area. And of course, our specialty is to help you with choosing the right plants and containers to compliment your landscape. You can even keep the mess here - we'll be glad to plant up your selections.

Bacopa

Bacopa
A versatile plant, available in either upright or trailing varieties, Bacopa also comes in different colors. Whether filling in bare spots in the bed or trailing over the edge of a mixed container, these flowers are sure to please.

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Butterfly Daisy

Butterfly Daisy
Need to brighten a corner of your garden or want a spectacular, bright centerpiece? The brilliant lemon-yellow blossoms of the Butterfly Daisy will bloom all season. Heat tolerant and showy, this is an excellent garden performer.

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Dianthus
These low maintenance beauties are wonderful fillers for mixed containers. Sporting sturdy upright stems and serrated petals, Dianthus has long been a real favorite!

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Double Impatiens

Double Impatiens
A double version of the popular Impatiens, these shade loving annuals have blossoms that look like little rosettes atop the familiar foliage. Available in many colors, these lovely plants are perfect in the shady bed.

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Dragonhead

Dragonhead
The 'obedient plant' or 'false dragonhead' produces striking, two-lipped, snapdragon-like flowers on tall, stiff, square stems. It's Dutch name is 'Scharnierbloemen' what means 'hinge flowers'. Genus members are commonly called obedient plants because each individual flower will, upon being pushed in any one direction, temporarily remain in the new position as if it were hinged.

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Euphorbia

Euphorbia
Euphorbia is a great border plant and is perfectly suited to use in containers. Its color, texture and shape add striking elements to any container arrangement.

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Geranium

Geranium
A summer standard! Geraniums, with their large flower heads in white, pink, salmon or red, make a bold statement. Perfect in planters, pots, borders or beds.

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Gerbera Daisy

Gerbera Daisy
These hot-colored Daisies are a favorite among gardeners. You may plant them in masses in the landscape; however, they blossom best when their roots are pot-bound. With many colors to choose from, you can create a riot in your planters! Gerbera Daisies grow to 8 to 10 inches and have large, wavy, textured leaves that sprout from the base of the stems.

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Million Bells

Million Bells
This compact, low growing plant looks like a Petunia, but is not. The fine foliage, trumpet-shaped blooms and trailing habit make it a must for your containers and baskets!

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Non Stop Begonia

Non Stop Begonia
These tuberous Begonias feature larger, darker leaves and larger, bolder flowers. What a great plant for your shady bed or planter, as they bloom right through from spring until frost!

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Purple Fountain Grass

Purple Fountain Grass
Although it is an excellent specimen plant, Purple Fountain Grass has special impact when used in the center of a large combination planter. This fast-growing grass forms a clump with purple foliage and purple foxtail-like flowers. Purple Fountain Grass blooms from mid-summer to frost.

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Salvia

Salvia
Used at the center or at the rear of your container, these spires of color will be an eye-catcher! There are several colors to choose from, to make your combination planter perfect!

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Streptocarpella

Streptocarpella
Its name may be a mouthful, but this darling relative of the African violet is quite easy to grow. Best planted in a container, Streptocarpella succeeds in good light, but not direct sunlight. It grows to about 8 inches; its velvety green leaves offset the pansy-like flowers which are usually purple. Bring it indoors in the winter and place it in an east or south window so you can enjoy it all year long!

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Supertunia

Supertunia
This Petunia hybrid is a great addition to any container. Available in a vast array of colors, these Petunias are self-cleaning, which eliminates the need for dead-heading to allow for more blooms. Trailing in habit, they will look lovely spilling over the edge of your hanging baskets and planters.

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Sweet Potato Vine

Sweet Potato Vine
Add a potato vine to your container garden for added foliage interest. Available in different varieties, the leaves may be fan-shaped or heart-shaped, and range in color from chartreuse to green to blackish purple.

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Wave Petunia

Wave Petunia
Another variety of the ever-popular Petunia is the Wave. Like Supertunias, this variety is also self-cleaning and trailing in habit. Colors abound, so fill your planters and baskets with these beauties and enjoy a summer full of bright flowers!

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Wax Begonia

Wax Begonia
This widely used tender annual produces single or double one-inch flowers in red, white or pink. The flowers are held on succulent stems among shiny bronze or green leaves, providing color in sun or shade from late spring until frost. Wax begonias tolerate hot humid conditions well.

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