Instead, add these precious blooms to add life and light into those dark corners of your backyard. Here are 7 shade-loving plants for containers — chosen by gardening experts.

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Gardeners can plant five to six seedlings in a 12-inch container with a support structure, says Roethling. "The grey, vining stems and leaves give way to clusters of 1-inch ruffled flowers," she says.

"When we do outdoor pots, you go for the thriller, the spiller and the filler," says Meryl Coombs, host of a weekly radio gardening program and president of Spruce it Up Garden Centre in Calgary.

Container gardens give us all hope. Whether we live on a spacious estate or on the third floor of an apartment, there’s always room for a few pots and the plants to grow in them.

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Renee's Garden Seeds has new canisters of its Scatter Garden Seeds, including one with free-flowering rainbow zinnias. Choose a blank-slate area of your garden and fill it with this colourful medley.

It grows up to 3 feet tall. Small Fry: The determinant plant reaches maturity around 70 to 80 days and produces many small red cherry tomatoes. It grows 2 to 4 feet high.