filler plants

1. What are filler plants?
2. What can I use as a planter filler?
3. What plants spread quickly?
4. What plants are good in planters?
5. How do you fill a large planter?
6. Is Coleus a thriller or filler?

What are filler plants?

Fillers are rounded or mounded plants that fill in the middle area of the container. These plants bridge the tall thrillers and trailing spillers, add lots of interest, and showcase the focal points of the arrangement.

What can I use as a planter filler?

Lightweight Filler for Pots

• Recycle Plastics. Plastic Water/Soda Bottles. ...
• Reuse Packing Materials. ...
• Unused Plastic Pots Turned Upside Down.
• Recycled Crushed Cans.
• Natural Materials. ...
• Recycled Cardboard, Newspaper (Also for short term use only.)

What plants spread quickly?

16 Options for Fast Growing Ground Cover Plants

• Wild Thyme(Thymus serpyllum) ...
• Moss Phlox (Phlox subulata) ...
• Trailing Periwinkle(Vinca minor) ...
• Sweet Woodruff (Galium odoratum) ...
• Variegated Snow on the Mountain(Aegopodium podagraria) ...
• Aubrieta (Aubrieta deltoidea) ...
• Firecracker Sedum (Sedum) ...
• Dragon's Blood Sedum (Sedum)

What plants are good in planters?

Top 10 plants for containers

• Coreopsis tinctoria.
• Cosmos.
• Busy Lizzies (impatiens)
• Clematis.
• Ivy.
• Euonymus 'Emerald 'n' Gold'
• Pittosporum tenuifolium.
• Skimmia japonica.

How do you fill a large planter?

If you have an especially big planter to fill, light, bulky materials are your best bet. Examples include plastic drink containers, milk jugs, crushed soda cans, foam packing materials and plastic or foam take-out containers.

Is Coleus a thriller or filler?

Filler plants – Fillers are mid-size, mounding, or rounded plants that surround and enhance the thriller and fill the space in the planter. ... The difficult part is selecting the plant from so many choices, but a few suggestions include: Begonias. Coleus.