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Easy autumn pot display

EASY AUTUMN POT DISPLAY

The easiest way to upgrade your outdoor spaces this autumn is by planting up a gorgeous container filled with stunning autumn plants,
flowers, and even vegetables!  

The thrillers, fillers and spillers planting technique is the most easy and creative way to show off your favourite seasonal plants.
It’s guaranteed to look great every time 

Simply follow our easy planting guide for the ultimate showstopping autumnal display this 

YOU WILL NEED: 

To create an effective display using the thrillers, fillers and spillers technique, it’s essential that you pick 3 different types of late flowering plants, each with different heights and textures. To learn more about the thrillers, fillers and spillers planting technique, check out our blog that goes into more detail 

To plant up your autumn container, you will need: 

  • 1 large container and 2 smaller containers 

  • Peat free multipurpose compost 

  • Trowel 

  • Gardening gloves 

  • Your choice of thriller, filler and spiller plants  

In our autumn container, we’ve picked Chrysanthemum as the thriller plant due to its bright long-lasting flowers. For the filler plant we choose Calluna, which is our September plant of the month. Calluna offers a variety of colour that also lasts long into the season. Finally, for the spiller, we used 4 Chili Pepper Santos Orange plants to make a spicy statement!  

Terracota pots

HOW TO PLANT AN AUTUMN CONTAINER: STEP BY STEP GUIDE

  1. Take your large plant pot and place one small pot inside, with the top facing down 

  2. Place your second small pot on top of the other, this time facing the right way up. This is to give your planter more height 

  3. Fill your large and small pot with multipurpose compost 

Chili peppers with calluna
  1. Plant your Chili Pepper Santos Orange 

  2. Fill gaps around the Chili Peppers with Calluna 

  3. Add the Chrysanthemum into your small pot 

  1. Water well, then display your new planted container proudly on your doorstep 

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