Plants for Winter Pots and Containers

Evergreen and winter-interest plants that cope with an Irish winter in a container: skimmia and Christmas roses for flowers and buds, ivy and vinca to trail over the edge, sedges, heuchera and euonymus for foliage, and clipped balls and pyramids for structure.

Choose a frost-proof pot with drainage holes, raise it off the ground and avoid waterlogging. Our thriller, filler and spiller guide has planting counts for different pot sizes.

Part of our Christmas and winter plants range. For planting ideas and last-order dates, read the Christmas plants guide.