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Proctor's Garden: Rely on dependable dazzlers for containers

9NEWS Garden Expert Rob Proctor has suggestions for plants that will bloom all summer long, keeping your garden or your yard bright and colorful for months.

KUSA — We're probably about halfway through the growing season. If your pots aren't full, lush and colorful, you're growing the wrong plants.

Go through this checklist of great container plants to make sure you include them in the future. They can also save you money. Most can be propagated from cuttings or saved from year to year.

1. Bloodleaf

2. Coleus

3. 'Whopper' begonias

4. Flowering maples

5. Cannas

6. Dahlias

7. Sweet Potato

8. Globe Amaranth

9. Marigolds

10. 'Bubblegum' petunia

11. Tall verbena

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