8 Houseplants to Mix With Your Impatiens
Are you looking for a stunning thriller element to make your container designs pop? Houseplants are a great addition to any shade container design, and can be grown outside in the shade along Beacon® Impatiens. These plants range in size and shape and will add a stunning tropical element for your container plantings. Outside, houseplants will thrive in shady indirect light, which makes them perfect companion plants for impatiens. Let’s give your houseplants a breath of fresh air!
Many houseplants hail from temperate, tropical regions, so they’ll appreciate the warm summer months out in a shady spot rather than on your windowsill. The heat and humidity of the summer air will be sure to perk up your houseplants if they are looking down in your home, so take them outside!
Tropical Textures
Tropical plants are full of unique textures you can pair with impatiens to give your design an appearance reminiscent of a sweltering jungle. Our picks for houseplants that give that jungle feel are dracaena paired with Beacon Bright Red, and a combination of Alocasia Regal Shield and ferns with Beacon Orange. The ferns in our design with beacon orange give a rough texture that contrasts against Alocasia’s soft, dark broad leaf interest. This pairing is sure to brighten up dark spaces in your garden, and pairing it with an olive green container will bring your design to the next level.
Dracaena is perfect for a viny mounded design, and the lime green foliage pairs with the impatiens dark green leaves for a vibrant pop of color. This plant has a form reminiscent of a spider plant, but its woody stem and tall growth habit make it a better fit for container designs. Bring the jungle to your backdoor with these stunning tropical plants!
Three Thrillers
Houseplants can act as the thriller component in your container designs. They’ll grow up and out to give you a stunning height element that you can pair with low growing impatiens. These larger leaf plants can get sunburn if they are left in direct sunlight, so putting them in a shady spot will keep the leaves vibrant and healthy all summer.
We paired Beacon Rose and Bright Red with the maroon interest of Cordyline Auntie Lou for a darker design to match our container. We love how the impatiens grow and spill over the container while the Cordyline grows up to draw your eye in to the center of the design.
Musa Basjoo, also known as Japanese Banana, has thick waxy leaves that will slowly curl outwards and upwards in your design. The lime green leaves complement Beacon Lipstick and give a pink pop to our softer container design.
In the summer months, you can bring your rubber plant outside and watch it flourish in the warmer temperatures. Their thick, dark leaves can be paired with maroon foliage and bright pink flowers like Beacon Rose in your container designs for a wild but cohesive look. Use the unique textures and forms of these houseplants with your impatiens to instantly create stunning container designs.
If you’re looking for a viny houseplant that can brighten up your designs while also tolerating the shade, you should consider using English Ivy. This plant will grow in nearly every condition and spill over your container design, leaving space for your impatiens to be the star of the design. We used Beacon White with our English Ivy to emphasize the white ring around the ivy that cascades down our pot.
If your houseplant is looking sad inside, why not bring it out and give it a fresh pop of color with Beacon Impatiens. These plants will thrive in the shady conditions impatiens need and will be a thrilling centerpiece for your shade container designs.