You can combine an endless variety of plants to create a container garden. Vegetables, herbs, vines, foliage, perennials, succulents, and—of course—annuals can all thrive in containers.
The gazebo planter boxes are visible from all sides, so we plant them to achieve maximum display by using at least one filler, thriller, and spiller in each container.
Thrillers are tall, bold plants that are the focal point of the container. If the container is viewed from the front, the thriller goes in the back. If it is seen from all sides, thrillers go in the middle. Examples of thrillers are grasses and salvia.
Fillers are medium plants. They take up space around the thriller. You can use one or several types of fillers. Examples of fillers are euphorbia, lantana, and heuchera.
Spillers are plants that hang, or spill, over the rim of the container, in front of the fillers. Examples of spillers are bacopa, ivy, sweet potato vine and calibrachoa.