Even if you’ve got a beautifully designed garden, there are plenty of reasons to add plants in containers to your home. You can decorate a front porch or backyard patio with boxes or pots of flowers.

The end of summer is the perfect time to refresh your porch or patio containers. Out with the leggy spring and summer plants and in with the blooms and foliage that enjoy the cooler fall temperatures.

Don't be sad about summer ending—these container plants will brighten up your cool-weather days. Westend61/Getty Images The end of summer is the perfect time to refresh your porch or patio containers.

Don't be sad about summer ending—these container plants will brighten up your cool-weather days. The end of summer is the perfect time to refresh your porch or patio containers. Out with the leggy ...