Best Plants for Strawberry Planters: Dramatic Picks for Your Pocket Pot

Choosing Show-Stopping Plants for Strawberry Jars

Strawberry planters—those tiered pots with side pockets—offer unique vertical planting opportunities. The most dramatic displays combine trailing, mounding, and upright plants suited to your light conditions.

Sun-Loving Combinations

• Strawberry begonias (Saxifraga stolonifera) – trailing rosettes with delicate flowers
• Wax begonias – continuous bloom in red, pink, white
• Hens-and-chicks (Sempervivum) – architectural succulent rosettes
• Trailing verbena or calibrachoa – cascading color
• Alpine strawberries – edible and ornamental

Shade-Tolerant Options

• Impatiens – non-stop color in pockets
• Fuchsia – elegant dangling blooms
• Trailing lobelia – intense blue cascades
• Creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea') – golden foliage spiller

Design Tips

Plant the top center with an upright thriller (dianthus, small grass). Fill pockets with trailers. Use the same 3-4 plants repeatedly for cohesion. Ensure excellent drainage—add perlite to potting mix. Water until it flows from bottom pockets. Fertilize monthly with bloom-boosting formula.

Visit your local nursery to see what performs best in your region—they'll know what thrives in your specific climate and light conditions.