{"id":288,"date":"2016-07-02T09:15:53","date_gmt":"2016-07-02T11:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/blog\/?p=288"},"modified":"2016-07-02T09:15:53","modified_gmt":"2016-07-02T11:15:53","slug":"plans-for-spicing-up-your-porches-and-patios-garden-advice-has-a-few-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/plans-for-spicing-up-your-porches-and-patios-garden-advice-has-a-few-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Plants For Spicing Up Your Porches And Patios. Garden Advice Has A Few Ideas."},"content":{"rendered":"

Problems with plants on the Porch or Patio?<\/strong> – Some patio or porch environments can be challenging for plants and one can encounter quite a few problems when placing plants in these areas. No need to get worried, \u00a0for there are still many plants that can be used that tolerate conditions presented in Porches and Patios and still add a touch of beauty and elegance to your home.
\n 
\nPlants Outside<\/strong> – \u00a0When having \u00a0your plants outside everything will require you to water them, particularly during the summer. Also when your plants are in containers it would be best to use \u00a0‘shade loving’ plants that stay small. Such plants like Small Leaf \u00a0Hostas, Voilas,Coral Bells to name a few or even slow growing mini Conifers which would give good bloom can be perfect choices for one’s Porch or Patio. Lenten Roses also bloom early in the year and love shade. Get a good potting mix and water the plants in well, along with fertilizing the pot once or twice a year and your plants should do remarkably well. All the plants mentioned here are Perennials so you wont have bother about repurchasing or replanting every year.
\nIf you wish to start gardening or get more out of your gardening then Sign Up for our Free 14 Day Trial of our MyGardenTeam Service.This service provides you with your very own Gardening expert from the GardenAdvice staff, that are trained \u00a0to \u00a0assist \u00a0you with achieving your ultimate gardening dreams.The service includes advice, online diaries, calendars and even garden advisor visits if you need them. For further information please visit:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/my-garden-Team\/<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Problems with plants on the Porch or Patio? – Some patio or porch environments can be challenging for plants and one can encounter quite a few problems when placing plants in these areas. No...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-head-gardener"],"yoast_head":"\nPlants For Spicing Up Your Porches And Patios. Garden Advice Has A Few Ideas. – GardenAdvice.co.uk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/plans-for-spicing-up-your-porches-and-patios-garden-advice-has-a-few-ideas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Plants For Spicing Up Your Porches And Patios. Garden Advice Has A Few Ideas. – GardenAdvice.co.uk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Problems with plants on the Porch or Patio? – Some patio or porch environments can be challenging for plants and one can encounter quite a few problems when placing plants in these areas. No...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/plans-for-spicing-up-your-porches-and-patios-garden-advice-has-a-few-ideas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GardenAdvice.co.uk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GardenAdvice.co.uk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-07-02T11:15:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"tim\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@mygardenteam\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@mygardenteam\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"tim\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/plans-for-spicing-up-your-porches-and-patios-garden-advice-has-a-few-ideas\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/plans-for-spicing-up-your-porches-and-patios-garden-advice-has-a-few-ideas\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"tim\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/#\/schema\/person\/6cad179ef10e5b57d5c101da14acfcb0\"},\"headline\":\"Plants For Spicing Up Your Porches And Patios. Garden Advice Has A Few Ideas.\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-07-02T11:15:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/plans-for-spicing-up-your-porches-and-patios-garden-advice-has-a-few-ideas\/\"},\"wordCount\":289,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Head Gardener\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/plans-for-spicing-up-your-porches-and-patios-garden-advice-has-a-few-ideas\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/plans-for-spicing-up-your-porches-and-patios-garden-advice-has-a-few-ideas\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/plans-for-spicing-up-your-porches-and-patios-garden-advice-has-a-few-ideas\/\",\"name\":\"Plants For Spicing Up Your Porches And Patios. Garden Advice Has A Few Ideas. – GardenAdvice.co.uk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-07-02T11:15:53+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/plans-for-spicing-up-your-porches-and-patios-garden-advice-has-a-few-ideas\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/plans-for-spicing-up-your-porches-and-patios-garden-advice-has-a-few-ideas\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/plans-for-spicing-up-your-porches-and-patios-garden-advice-has-a-few-ideas\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Plants For Spicing Up Your Porches And Patios. Garden Advice Has A Few Ideas.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/\",\"name\":\"GardenAdvice.co.uk news and articles\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/#organization\",\"name\":\"GardenAdvice.co.uk news and article\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/cropped-favicon.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/cropped-favicon.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"GardenAdvice.co.uk news and article\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GardenAdvice.co.uk\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/mygardenteam\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mygardenteam\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/gardenadvice-co-uk\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.co.uk\/gardenadvice\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/#\/schema\/person\/6cad179ef10e5b57d5c101da14acfcb0\",\"name\":\"tim\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1e5c2b9aca8f9a17918f8497bc9e15440342fabbefbf9ffb071a6b0dc5fb657a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1e5c2b9aca8f9a17918f8497bc9e15440342fabbefbf9ffb071a6b0dc5fb657a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1e5c2b9aca8f9a17918f8497bc9e15440342fabbefbf9ffb071a6b0dc5fb657a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"tim\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/author\/tim\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Plants For Spicing Up Your Porches And Patios. Garden Advice Has A Few Ideas. – GardenAdvice.co.uk","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/plans-for-spicing-up-your-porches-and-patios-garden-advice-has-a-few-ideas\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Plants For Spicing Up Your Porches And Patios. Garden Advice Has A Few Ideas. – GardenAdvice.co.uk","og_description":"Problems with plants on the Porch or Patio? – Some patio or porch environments can be challenging for plants and one can encounter quite a few problems when placing plants in these areas. No...","og_url":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/plans-for-spicing-up-your-porches-and-patios-garden-advice-has-a-few-ideas\/","og_site_name":"GardenAdvice.co.uk","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GardenAdvice.co.uk","article_published_time":"2016-07-02T11:15:53+00:00","author":"tim","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@mygardenteam","twitter_site":"@mygardenteam","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"tim","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/plans-for-spicing-up-your-porches-and-patios-garden-advice-has-a-few-ideas\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/plans-for-spicing-up-your-porches-and-patios-garden-advice-has-a-few-ideas\/"},"author":{"name":"tim","@id":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/#\/schema\/person\/6cad179ef10e5b57d5c101da14acfcb0"},"headline":"Plants For Spicing Up Your Porches And Patios. Garden Advice Has A Few Ideas.","datePublished":"2016-07-02T11:15:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/plans-for-spicing-up-your-porches-and-patios-garden-advice-has-a-few-ideas\/"},"wordCount":289,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Head Gardener"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/plans-for-spicing-up-your-porches-and-patios-garden-advice-has-a-few-ideas\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/plans-for-spicing-up-your-porches-and-patios-garden-advice-has-a-few-ideas\/","url":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/plans-for-spicing-up-your-porches-and-patios-garden-advice-has-a-few-ideas\/","name":"Plants For Spicing Up Your Porches And Patios. Garden Advice Has A Few Ideas. – GardenAdvice.co.uk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-07-02T11:15:53+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/plans-for-spicing-up-your-porches-and-patios-garden-advice-has-a-few-ideas\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/plans-for-spicing-up-your-porches-and-patios-garden-advice-has-a-few-ideas\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/plans-for-spicing-up-your-porches-and-patios-garden-advice-has-a-few-ideas\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Plants For Spicing Up Your Porches And Patios. Garden Advice Has A Few Ideas."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/#website","url":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/","name":"GardenAdvice.co.uk news and articles","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/#organization","name":"GardenAdvice.co.uk news and article","url":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/cropped-favicon.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/cropped-favicon.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"GardenAdvice.co.uk news and article"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GardenAdvice.co.uk","https:\/\/x.com\/mygardenteam","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mygardenteam\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/gardenadvice-co-uk","https:\/\/www.pinterest.co.uk\/gardenadvice\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/#\/schema\/person\/6cad179ef10e5b57d5c101da14acfcb0","name":"tim","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1e5c2b9aca8f9a17918f8497bc9e15440342fabbefbf9ffb071a6b0dc5fb657a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1e5c2b9aca8f9a17918f8497bc9e15440342fabbefbf9ffb071a6b0dc5fb657a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1e5c2b9aca8f9a17918f8497bc9e15440342fabbefbf9ffb071a6b0dc5fb657a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"tim"},"url":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/author\/tim\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}