Today 
Bring your houseplants plants outside this summer and use them to create dramatic patio containers. Here we've teamed purple heart with silvery helichrysum and the trailing silver-grey foliage with the bright-orange flowers of parrot's beak. This sensational pot also has a knockout fragrance from the blue potato bush and the angels' trumpets.
Plant it:
March - April
At its best:
June - August
Takes just:
40 minutes
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Cover the bottom of the container with crocks, then half-fill it with compost. Carefully ease the plants out of their pots.
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Make the blue potato bush the centrepiece with the angels' trumpets and purple heart on either side. Underplant the trio with the helichrysum and the parrot's beak. Position them so they can cascade down the side of the pot.
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Top up the pot with compost, firming it around the plants with your fingers. Keep under cover at night following planting, until all risk of frosts has passed. Then stand this container in bright sun so the purple heart positively pulsates with colour.
"Be careful when handling brugmansia as all parts of the plant are toxic."
"Don't forget to bring your houseplants back indoors before the autumn frosts."
