05/25/2026
Summer planter season is here!
I always start the season with my personal planters. With due-west exposure, I get full afternoon sun that make tropical plants thrive.
Although I’m tremendously limiting the amount of client jobs I’m taking on, here are a few tips on creating your own arrangements.
Remember these three words:
Thriller, Filler, and Spiller
Thrillers are your focal plant. Something that stands tall above the rest of the design. I often use Majesty palms, cannas and banana for sun, and Cat palms for shadier spots. This year, I’m using braided peach hibiscus standards for a colourful option.
Fillers are your low-mid height plants that fill the space around the top of your planter. Dense plants are best for this, and with my exposure, dipladenia and croton are annual must-haves. They thrive in heat and bright sunlight.
Spillers, as you might’ve guessed, spill over the edge of the pots. As they grow, ivy in the front will trail down to the driveway, and vibrant Creeping Jenny fill in gaps in the back, brightening and draping the sides of my planters.
As always, all my summer annuals and tropicals are supplied by in Markham.
