Thrillers, fillers and spillers! The Thriller is your main plant; think Big, Bold and Beautiful. Usually this is a single stunner, the filler is the plant(s) with foliage or flowers that help accent your Thriller. The spiller is your trailing plant(s) which falls over the side of your container. Keep color and texture in mind with these.
Here’s a recipe for a 14-inch container I created that’s airing on 
WCCO-TV:
The Thriller: 1 plant Purple Millet, 2 orange (purple eye) Osteospermum, 1 purple Osterospermum, 1 purple sweet potato vine, 1 Swedish Ivy and 1 ‘White Nancy’ lamium (which is a perennial here and can be planted in the ground this Fall).
Tags: Container garden, Ivy
