Small-Space Gardens
Small-Space Gardens
Big house, small yard

What’s a suburban no-yard-nik? Someone who has a huge house on a small piece of land and the yard space around the house seems to keep shrinking in size. According to Zillow, the average new home has gotten 24% bigger over the past 15 years, while lots have shrunk by 10%!

Small-Space Gardens
Big house, small yard

What’s a suburban no-yard-nik? Someone who has a huge house on a small piece of land and the yard space around the house seems to keep shrinking in size. According to Zillow, the average new home has gotten 24% bigger over the past 15 years, while lots have shrunk by 10%!

Small-Space Gardens
Big house, small yard

What’s a suburban no-yard-nik? Someone who has a huge house on a small piece of land and the yard space around the house seems to keep shrinking in size. According to Zillow, the average new home has gotten 24% bigger over the past 15 years, while lots have shrunk by 10%!

Maximize Their Landscape

Your residential clients are looking for more “bang for the buck” as the lot size shrinks and the houses get bigger! Containers are key, as are compact veggie gardens and plants that provide interest through multiple seasons.

Making an impact with plants that require smaller footprints is a new profit center for many landscapers.

The following selections of Ball and Burpee Space-Saver veggies and flowers should help!

NEW FlameThrower Habanero Coleus
FlameThrower Chili Pepper Coleus
FlameThrower Chipotle Coleus

FlameThrower Coleus

Colorful foliage all season long and a more compact habit make the FlameThrower series coleus ideal for small pots and mixed containers. The unique colors and shapes of the leaves on these vegetative coleus add interest and texture in gardens and containers.

Height: 12 to 18 in. (30 to 46 cm)
Spread: 12 to 18 in. (41 to 46 cm)
Exposure: Sun, Shade

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Little Lucky Lantana

Little Lucky lantana, our most compact in the landscape series,  were selected specifically to stay more compact with longer lasting color for the Southern U.S. Low seed set results in longer-lasting color that extends into the late Summer and early Fall.

Height: 10 to 12 in. (25 to 30 cm)
Spread: 10 to 12 in. (25 to 30 cm)
Exposure: Sun

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Little Lucky Red Lantana
Little Lucky Red Lantana
Little Lucky Hot Pink and Lemon Cream
Little Lucky Orange, Pink Glow and Red
Little Lucky Lantana
Jurassic Rex Green Streak Begonia
Jurassic Rex Green Streak Begonia in mixed container
Jurassic Rex Watermelon Begonia
Jurassic Rex Silver Swirl
Jurassic Rex Pink Shades
Wall with Jurassic Rex

Jurassic Rex Begonia

Bright, silvery toned, and red and rose colored foliage plants that grow in the deepest shade. This carefree variety boasts bold colors and patterns. Jurassic is low maintenance, requires low watering after establishment,  and has a super uniform mounded, upright habit.

Height: 10 to 16 in. (25 to 41 cm)
Spread: 8 to 12 in. (20 to 30 cm)
Exposure: Shade

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Purple Prince Alternanthera

First compact seed alternanthera is an easy-to-grow pack alternative to vegetative. NEW Purple Prince is a shiny leaved burgundy accent annual groundcover that takes the heat and humidity with very little need for water.

Height: 14 to 16 in. (36 to 41 cm)
Spread: 18 to 20 in. (46 to 51 cm)
Exposure: Partial Sun, Sun

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Purple Prince Alternanthera
Purple Prince Alternanthera
Purple Prince Alternanthera
Purple Prince Alternanthera
Jade Princess Ornamental Millet
Jade Princess Ornamental Millet

Jade Princess Ornamental Millet

Jade Princess ornamental millet is an intense chartreuse grass-like foliage with rich brown feathery grain-like flowers. The  flowers are pollenless so are not messy, but seed is still produced that attracts a wide array of songbirds.

Height: 24 to 30 in. (61 to 76 cm)
Spread: 18 to 24 in. (46 to 61 cm)
Exposure: Partial Sun, Sun

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Bandera Lavandula

A fantastic seed-produced Spanish lavender that maintains a bushy habit, stays low to the ground, and flowers from early cool weather into super hot in low humidity envrionments!  It has a compact to medium habit that remains dense and mounded without falling open. Fragrant!

USDA hardiness zone: 7-10
Height: 7 to 9 in. (18 to 23cm)
Spread: 10 to 12 in. (25 to 30 cm)
Exposure: Sun

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Bandera Purple Lavandula
Bandera Pink Lavandula
Bandera Pink Lavandula
Take 2 Tomato Combo - 'Lights' BushSteak Tomato and Patio Choice Yellow
Take 2 Tomato Combo - 'Camera' Homeslice Tomato and Sweetheart of the Patio
Take 2 Tomato Combo - 'Action' BushSteak and Baby Boomer

Take 2 Tomato Combos

Grow two types of tomatoes in one container with Take 2 Combos. These are best suited for 14 in. (36 cm) and larger patio pots. They yield a slicing type and a small-fruited type of tomato trialed to complement each other in habit and fruit timing. A single container produces a steady supply of cherry and slicing tomatoes all Summer.

Height: 36 to 48 in. (91 to 122 cm)
Spread: 36 in. (91 cm)
Exposure: Sun

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More Space-Saving Container Vegetables

Just the right size for patio containers or rooftop gardens.

Patio Baby Compact Black Eggplant
Patio Snacker Cucumber
Little Napoli Roma Tomato