Simple

Dinger's Gartencenter kept it fairly simple with these succulent combinations, electing to use white planters and limiting combinations to two to three varieties with a very uniform layout.
Extravagant

Hort Couture showed off these creative combos at an event at Raker Trial Gardens in August. They combined several plants with different textures and growing habits for a more complex, but still visually pleasing, planter sure to catch a customer's eye.
Dinger's Photos By Karen E. Varga / Raker Photos By Michelle Simakis
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