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The easy planting technique I always use to create stunning hanging baskets – it's the secret to a show-stopping flower arrangement

Hanging basket.

Hanging baskets are a fabulous brightener for any outside space, but while ready-planted basket arrangements do look stunning, they can be pricey to buy. Plant up a basket yourself, though, and it can be tricky knowing the right combination of plants to choose, which is where this easy planting technique comes in.

Rather than keeping to just one variety of bedding plants or mixing plants up randomly and hoping for the best, the ‘thriller, filler, spiller’ method for how to plant up a hanging basket works by combining just three elements, which creates a more balanced arrangement and rounded display.

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