5 Thrilling Container Components
Adding height with pizzazz!
At a glance
Angelface® Blue III Angelonia blooms all summer without deadheading, in full sun, at 18 to 30 inches tall.
Truffula™ Pink Gomphrena handles heat, humidity and drought once established, blooming from spring into fall.
Rockin'® Fuchsia Salvia draws pollinators with nectar-rich flowers on a 24 to 36 inch clump in part sun to sun.
ColorBlaze® Torchlight™ Coleus grows in sun or shade and reaches 24 to 34 inches tall for containers or beds.
Graceful Grasses® Prince Tut® Dwarf Egyptian Papyrus stays compact at 18 to 30 inches, about half the height of King Tut.
Adding height with pizzazz!
Angelface® Blue III Angelonia
Summer Snapdragon
This easy care plant enjoys hot, humid summers. It blooms all season long with silvery lavender flowers on tall spikes, and won’t need to be deadheaded to keep flowering all summer. The unique color pairs beautifully with pastel pinks and silvers that are trending in gardens.
18-30” tall, full sun. annual
Necessity Recipe
Angelface® Blue III Summer Snapdragon - QTY 2
Blue My Mind® Dwarf Morning Glory - QTY 2
Luscious® Royale Lemon Tart™ Lantana - QTY 2
Supertunia Mini Vista® Yellow Petunia - QTY 1
Lemon Coral® Sedum- QTY 2
More Angelface® options: Angelface® Perfectly Pink, Wedgwood Blue II, Angelface® White III
Truffula™ Pink Gomphrena
Globe Amaranth
Full, bushy plants become covered in hot pink, cotton ball-shaped blossoms that pollinators adore. It thrives in heat and humidity, and handles drought once its roots are established. Grow it in large containers or in the landscape where it will shine brightly from spring into fall.
Laugh at Life Recipe
Truffula™ Pink Globe Amaranth - QTY 2
Supertunia® Royal Magenta® II Petunia - QTY 2
Graceful Grasses® 'Fireworks' Variegated Red Fountain Grass - QTY 1
If you want to see pollinators in your garden, plant this salvia. Commonly found only with purple flowers, this revolutionary new variety bears large, intense fuchsia flowers with black bracts. Their deep throats hold plenty of nectar for your favorite winged creatures. It forms a bushy, upright clump of deep green foliage.
24-36” tall, part sun to sun, annual
The Palace Recipe
Sweet Caroline Raven™ II Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine - QTY 1
Superbells® Grape Punch™ II Calibrachoa - QTY 2
Rockin'® Fuchsia Salvia - QTY 1
Rockin’® Deep Purple II is another great option.
ColorBlaze® Torchlight™ Solenostemon
Coleus
This flashy new coleus will brighten up container recipes and landscapes in sun and shade with its vibrantly patterned foliage. It is a robust coleus that forms an impressive clump. Grow it in large containers as a thriller or filler, or mass it in the landscape for low maintenance.
24-34” tall, sun or shade, annual
Electric Boulevard
Lemon Coral® Sedum - QTY 1
ColorBlaze® Torchlight® Coleus - QTY 1
Superbena® Raspberry Verbena - QTY 2
Graceful Grasses® Prince Tut® Cyperus
Dwarf Egyptian Papyrus
A nicely compact form of Egyptian Papyrus, about half the height of King Tut, but with the same large poms on the ends of the stems. Fun and interesting, without being overwhelmingly huge.
18-30” tall, part sun to sun, annual
Rustic Chic Recipe
Superbells® Over Easy™ II Calibrachoa - QTY 5
Diamond Frost® Euphorbia - QTY 5
Graceful Grasses® Fiber Optic Grass - QTY 4
Graceful Grasses® Prince Tut™ Dwarf Egyptian Papyrus - QTY 1
