Stunning Hanging Plants to Consider! Explore These 8 Dripping Flora for Overflowing Pots, Vertical Gardens, Rocks, and Balcony Decor
Discover the best trailing plants, often referred to as spillers, that can transform your containers into dynamic and visually appealing displays. These plants cascade beautifully over the edges, providing softness and movement, making them perfect for creating a thriller, filler, spiller container formula.
Creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia ‘Aurea’ or ‘Goldilocks’)
Known for its bright golden-green, coin-shaped foliage, Creeping Jenny trails up to 24 inches and prefers moist soil and partial shade. It offers a striking color contrast, spilling elegantly over pot edges and is a popular choice for its dangling form.
Calibrachoa (Million Bells)
Small petunia-like flowers in many bright colors that trail nicely over containers, Calibrachoa thrives in full sun and well-drained soil, blooming continuously with proper feeding.
Trailing Verbena (Verbena pendula)
Providing fluffy, delicate foliage and blooms in many colors from white to deep purple, Trailing Verbena thrives in full sun and spreads outward and downward, creating a lovely draped effect. Deadheading prolongs blooms.
Petunias
Classic trailing annuals, Petunias produce abundant flowers in a wide color range. They work well as spillers due to their branching habit and consistent bloom, especially when deadheaded regularly.
When choosing trailing plants, consider their ability to cascade or trail well over container edges, continuous or long bloom periods for color, compatibility with container size and sun exposure, and water and feeding needs consistent with other container plants.
For a container formula, consider a bold, upright focal (e.g., tall geraniums or yuccas) as your thriller, mid-height, bushy plants adding volume (e.g., upright petunias or calibrachoa) as your filler, and trailing plants like Creeping Jenny, Trailing Verbena, or Petunias that soften container edges and add movement as your spiller.
In addition to containers, trailing plants can be used in various locations such as the edges of rock walls, raised beds, rockeries, and garden borders. The Superbena series of Trailing Verbena is resistant to powdery mildew and known for gorgeous color combinations.
Trailing Lobelia
Trailing Lobelia produces exquisite sweeps of vivid blue and purple, though variations in pink and white are also available.
Dichondra 'Silver Falls'
A trailing plant with unique foliage in a silvery green color, Dichondra 'Silver Falls' is capable of a spread of up to 36 inches (90cm).
Nasturtium
Exuberant and hardy in USDA zones 9-11, Nasturtium adds vitality and harmony to mixed arrangements.
Wave Petunias
A type of trailing plant, Wave Petunias are capable of spilling over tubs and raised edges well into the fall.
Sweet Alyssum
Producing delicate pink or white flowers in profusion, Sweet Alyssum is happiest in cooler weather.
Recipe for a Stunning Mixed Container: Thrill, Fill, Spill
Combine a bold, upright focal (e.g., tall geraniums or yuccas) as your thriller, mid-height, bushy plants adding volume (e.g., upright petunias or calibrachoa) as your filler, and trailing plants like Creeping Jenny, Trailing Verbena, or Petunias as your spiller for a stunning mixed container display.
Sweet Potato Vine
A striking member of the morning glory family, Sweet Potato Vine offers exciting variations in leaf shape and color.
Easy Wave Series of Wave Petunias
A low-maintenance variety, the Easy Wave series of Wave Petunias spreads up to 3ft (90cm) across.
Petunia 'Easy Wave Yellow' by Park Seed
A variety of Wave Petunia that produces fragrant yellow blooms.
Trailing Plants: Easy Care and Annual Delights
Trailing plants are often annuals and are easy to care for, making them a popular choice for container displays.
Trailing Lobelia Varieties
Varieties of Trailing Lobelia available from Walmart include 'Blue Sapphire', 'Crimson Fountain', 'Regatta Series Rose', and 'Regatta Series Rose'.
Trailing Verbena
Trailing Verbena spills beautifully over the edges of full sun containers, rockeries, and walls.
Creeping Jenny
Creeping Jenny is a stunning trailing plant for containers, thanks to its chartreuse color, coin-shaped foliage, and dangling form. It trails beautifully in hanging baskets and also produces cup shaped, bright yellow flowers from June to August.
- Creeping Jenny, with its bright golden-green foliage and dangling form, is a perfect choice for a home-and-garden setting, especially in a garden border or hanging basket.
- Trailing Verbena, known for its fluffy, delicate foliage and flowers in various colors, can spill elegantly over containers in your home-and-garden, creating a visually appealing display that can transform your containers into dynamic and visually appealing displays.
