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Or add a couple of handfuls of compost. Seeds shouldn't be fed/fertilized until they have their first true leaves (not the cotyledons that sprout from the seed) but plants need nutrients in the soil.
there are so many plants/flowers that are low maintenance, and bloom profusely ... '
3 off the top of my head is Scarlet Milkweed [host plant for the monarch butterfly]
4-O'clocks and Cosmos ... all will give you blooms til frost and many seeds for the following season.
there are many more ... but those 3 just jumped out at me.
Herbs are easy and you can cook with them and they do well in pots and you can start from seed.
As well as these annuals: nasturtiums, sweet allysum, zinnias, (all from seed) geraniums. alt name: pelargoniums have to be purchased and can be overwintered in a garage or basement. You can do all these in pots or right in the bed.
Also bulbs or tubers, like begonias or smaller size dahlias can be good in pots.
Check the internet for how to start up a small raised flowerbed or a window flowerbox if you like and that will open up your options.
You can also grow strawberries (mentioned above) in a strawberry pot.
You don't mention what your growing zone is. So if it is a cold zone, everything in a pot will freeze unless you bring it in.
Herbs are easy to grow and they grow in most any type soil. Much depends on your planting zone. Go to Lowe's and ask as their policy is to sell only those plants and shrubs and trees that will grow in the planting area of that particular store.
I'd suggest primroses. They will grow anywhere, with abandon, and they'll spread like crazy fron one year to the next, and they bloom most of the summer. Also, hostas will do well. Here are some photos of my primroses...there's an entire border, 30' long, of these in front of the house.
Marigolds. You can't go wrong. Plant them as seeds and keep them watered. You'll have tall bushels of flowers and the best thing about marigolds is that they are a natural pest control plant. Nothing will eat the marigolds - nothing. But the key is to plant in the spring from seed. There is no comparison what you get when you plant seeds to what you get in those little 3" pots at a nursery. Marigolds are huge, love the sun and will make you look like a garden diva in no time.
Tip: Until they flower, they look a lot like grassy weeds
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