Best Thriller Plants for Containers
Count on these striking plants to create eye-catching focal points in garden pots.
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Focal Point Plants
Containers create a focal point for the garden and can be easily moved to change the emphasis. Choose plants with strong shapes such as cordylines.
‘Tuscan Sun’ Perennial Sunflower (Heliopsis ‘Tuscan Sun’)
Tropicanna Canna (Canna indica ‘Phasion’)
Lo & Behold ‘Pink Micro Chip’ Butterfly Bush (Buddleia x ‘Pink Micro Chip’)
Blue Storm Lily of the Nile (Agapanthus praecox orientalis ‘ATIBlu’)
‘Henna’ Coleus (Solenostemon ‘Henna’ )
Endless Summer BloomStruck Hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla ‘PIIHM-II’)
‘Jester’ Ornamental Millet (Pennisetum glaucum ‘Jester’)
Volcano Purple Phlox (Phlox paniculata ‘Barthirtythree’)
‘Silver Shield’ (Plectranthus argentatus ‘Silver Shield’)
Oso Happy Petit Pink Rose (Rosa ‘ZleMarianneYoshida’)
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum ‘Rubrum’)
You can’t miss when you draft an ornamental grass to fill the thriller role in a container. Purple fountain doesn’t disappoint. Burgundy-purple leaves add texture to designs, and the burgundy tinted seedheads beg to be touched. Plants grow 3 to 5 feet tall and 2 to 4 feet wide.
Pequeña Rosalita Cleome (Cleome ‘INCLENINRO’)
Spilled Wine Weigela (Weigela florida ‘Bokraspiwi’)
Datura (Datura stramonium)
Petit Bleu (Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘Minbleu’)

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