Slendid Spillers from Proven Winners
Container gardening is more popular than ever so let’s take a peek at some fun and unusual spillers dazzling patio pots, hanging containers and window baskets. The common recipe for designing containers is that they should include a thriller (tall, bold plant in the center or back – depending on where the pot is viewed from); fillers (mounded, fuller bodied plants that sweep around the thriller) and spillers (plants with trailing stems that cascade over the container’s edge). Personally, I don’t always follow this rule. For example, sometimes I will just use a thriller and surround it with spillers. Let your imagination run wild. And what better plants to use than those ‘proven winners’ from Proven Winners!
Here are a few spectacular spillers (other than commonly used sweet potato vine; Bacopa; ivy; licorice plant) to consider for your work of art:
Lotus (commonly called Parrot’s Beak) ‘Flashbulb’ Sun. Orange flower pictured above. Proven Winners
Torenia (commonly called wishbone flower) Summer Wave ‘Large Violet’. Sun or Shade
Superbena ‘Violet Ice’ Sun to Part Sun. Pictured right. Proven Winners
Fuchsia ‘Swingtime’ (trialing Fuchsia) Part Shade to Shade. Pictured below. Proven Winners