Definitions of Common Terms

Grow Together Container

Transplanting an assortment of plugs into 10-inch, 12-inch, or larger container and growing them on to a marketable stage.

Put Together Container

Transplanting marketable size, flowering, usually 4-inch or larger plant material into planters.

Plant Positions in Container Gardens

A plant can fulfill different positions in a design depending on the size of the container.

Center plants: provide compact, upright growth to fill in the crown of the container.

Filler plants: typically have compact, upright growth and round out the top of the container.

Corner plants: grow well over the container’s edge and benefit from a corner position where they have maximum elbowroom.

Edge plants: drape over the edge, softening the look of the container and filling out the space between its corners.

Color Bowl

A small, round container placed on a table top to house compact, annual plants.

Combination Basket

A hanging basket and usually holds mounding and trailing plants and excludes tall upright varieties.

Container Garden

Includes all shapes and sizes of containers, usually sitting on the ground, sometimes massive enough to hold all types of plant species including woodies, perennials, and bulbs.

Grow together combinations

Grow-Together Combinations
Good to Use	Do Not Work Well
One vigorous foliage plant in the center	Growth retardants
Upright verbenas, double impatiens, geraniums	Rampant growers
Foliage plants for neutral color & texture	Tall plants
Summer bloomers for summer market	Slow growers
Plants with long necks	Creeping and very compact plants
Various textures and forms	Too many fine textures
Analogous color harmonies	Salmon with violet or fuchsia with bright red
Slight succession of bloom for earlier market	Extremes in bloom times
Odd numbers of plants	Only two plants of one species

refrence: Container Gardens