Cincinnati Parks: DIY Flower Pot Design

Cincinnati OH

20 April, 2021

1:57 PM

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Press release from Cincinnati Parks: Megan Baudendistel 2021-04-20 Planters look best when you combine plants with three different habits: Salvia Thrillers are usually vertical, such as phormium, canna, calla pennisetum or upright fuchsia. For cool season displays use kale, swiss chard, or Juncus. Fillers tend to be horizontal or weaving, such as heliotrope, osteospermum, petunia, coleus or impatiens. For cool season displays use pansies or violas. Spillers are cascading, such as helichrysum, ipomea or callibrachoa. Canna Elephant ear (taro) Grasses Begonia Euphorbia (especially Diamond Frost) Petunia Dichondra Helichrysum (licorice plant) Ipomoea (sweet potato vine) Choosing the Best Plants: Geranium Salvia Zinnia Impatiens Begonia Coleus (Image Shown to the Right) Geranium (ivy-leaf and scented-leaf) Lantana Portulaca (moss rose)  Coleus This press release was produced by Cincinnati Parks. The views expressed here are the author's own.