Ideas for Pots

I'd go for a Phormium, perhaps Cream Delight (yellow and green striped leaves), or Platt's Black, except I think the yellow striped one would show up better, with Convulvulus sabatius in front to trail down the pot. Best planted in Spring though rather than this late in the year. Or use a Luzula instead of the Phormium.

I have phormium 'Platt's Black' with the golden-leaved form of creeping Jenny in pots

Thanks guys, I quite like the idea of the Phormium Cream Delight, think it would stand out quite well in that corner. I've been having a little hunt round for info, some sites suggest its hardy enough to survive English winters outside, others suggest it should be moved into a frost free greenhouse. Any idea which is right?

Hmm love the Convulvus think it would look gorgeous trailling down the front of the pot.

Andrew the creeping Jenny looks lovely as well, I may just add some with my cordyline :))

I have it in a south facing garden (the Cream Delight I mean) and its been there 5 years - but it is obviously in London and therefore warmer, and in the ground, not a pot. Suggest you wait till spring and then buy and plant, and just move to a sheltered corner, preferably south facing, bubble wrap the pot and mulch the top for winter if you have nowhere like an unheated greenhouse to put it. The convulvulus is hardy, but I even lost one of those in a pot over winter last year, so it wouldn't be harmful for that to be sheltered either. If we return to 'normal' mild British winters, it should be fine, it's only while we're having these arctic type ones you need to worry.

Ok thanks for that Bamboo. Still love the idea, just not overly convinced I could keep it alive lol.

No where I can move it thats frost free as things currently stand. The only available spot in the conservatory is already taken with my cordyline. In any case, I don't think I could move the bigger pot when its full of soil and plant, it'll probably be too heavy (I can only just move the cordyline - yeah I know I'm a wimp lol).

Thanks for the ideas and the info. I might leave the decision to my mom, since its her pot and technically her garden lol.

Also, its just occurred to me that the pot in the picture shows that it goes in towards the top and the rim then flares out slightly - any permanent planting in there will either need to be turned out at least bi yearly and the plant split (okay with Phormium, you can split those) or, when the plant gets too large for the pot, you won't be able to get it out without smashing the pot because the roots will have filled it. Suggest you stick to things that are either replaced regularly, or the suggestion I already made - both the convulvulus and the phormium can be split, and 2 yearly would be appropriate anyway.

Good point, that hadn't ocurred to me. Not been a problem thus far since pretty much everything has keeled over long before that point lol. Thanks for the pointers and suggestions.