Container gardens can look one dimensional without a tall plant or two to provide some height. Don’t feel restricted to only the spiky Dracena on sale with the annuals at the plant nursery. Here’s a list of tall plants that would be perfectly at home growing in a pot. Your choice of plants is only limited by the size of your pot.
Tall Focal Points or Solo Performers
- Agave
- amaranth (Amaranthus)
- American arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis)
- Bamboo
- Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
- Bougainvillea
- Cabbage tree (Cordyline indivisa)
- Canna,
- Colocasia
- Common boxwood (Buxus sempervirens)
- Cycad
- Dracena
- Dwarf Alberta spruce (Picea glauca)
- Elephant Ear (Alocasia esculenta)
- False cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa)
- Feather reed grass (Calamagrostis x acutiflora)
- Fountain grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum')
- Fuchsia
- Hibiscus
- Monterey cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa)
- New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax)
- Palm Lily (Cordyline)
- Princess Flower (Tibouchina urvilleana)
- Sweet Bay (Laurus nobilis)
- Tufted fescue (Festuca amethystina)
- Yucca
