Garden Tips
Four Container Garden Combos
By Chloe Evans If you love the idea of adding beautiful landscape features to your yard but don’t know where to start, container gardening is an easy way to make a statement and limit costs! To make it even easier, we asked the host of Southern Gardening, Dr. Eddie Smith, to curate a variety of container gardening combos for you to choose from. When following the thriller, spiller, and filler combination rules, container gardening can be achieved by anyone. For clarity, a thriller grabs attention with color and/or height. A spiller adds length to the bottom of the arrangement by spilling over the container’s rim. Finally, a filler takes up unused space to add lushness to your arrangement. You can try out any of these combos: Floral Container Garden Thriller: dwarf canna lily, dwarf banana plant, and papyrus Spiller: potato vine, Creeping Jenny, and verbena Filler: petunia and calibrachoa Fauna Container Garden Thriller: Red Star cordyline Spiller: verbena Filler: geranium and asparagus fern Herb Container Garden Thriller: Crimson King basil Spiller: Huntington Carpet rosemary Filler: Italian plain leaf parsley Succulent Container Garden Thriller: Aurora sedum Spiller: Burro's Tail sedum Filler: Orange Delight sedum If you want to learn more about plants and gardening, be sure to watch our Southern Gardening segments. They offer great, research-based information! |