This container was an attention-getter! The “thriller, filler, spiller” concept is demonstrated in this succulent container. Go to https://www.finegardening.com/ar…/thrillers-fillers-spillers for more information.

RECIPE:
• (1) Burro’s Tail (spiller)
• (1) Cotyledon “Happy Young Lady” (thriller)
• (1) Aloe “Gator” (filler)
• (1) Faucaria tigrina “Tiger Jaws” (filler)

TIPS:
• Place this container in a protected spot where it won’t get bumped as the leaves of the burro’s tail plant fall off easily.
• The burro’s tail plant propagates easily from either leaf or stem cuttings. More on this later in the summer!
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Aeonium “Kiwi” is such a colorful plant when given full sun! It’s green, yellow and pink colors are a show in themselves, but the plant is even more showy when underplanted with the yellowish fine-leaf sedum.

RECIPE:
• (3) Aeonium “Kiwi”
• (1) Sedum “Fine Leaf Gold”, divided

TIPS:
• The Aeonium plant puts out plentiful rosettes, so the container will become fuller as the summer progresses.
• Aeonium is easy to propagate from stem cuttings. More on this later in the summer!
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The zig-zag shape of the stems on the middle plant gives it the name “Devil’s Backbone!” The leaves of the Devil’s Backbone plant will take on a pink hue as the summer goes on. The “Calico Kittens” plant surrounding the center plant is a beautiful trailing succulent with beautiful pink and green shades to its leaves.

RECIPE:
• (1) Euphorbia tithymaloides “Devil’s Backbone”
• (1) Crassula pellucida variegate “Calico Kittens”

TIPS:
• Both these plants do well as house plants in winter.
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