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I just saw this post. Nice blog. Some day I may become proficient enough to plant multiple plants in a single pot... 😁

I didn't click the link out of lack of interest in clicking random links with no explanation of what they are, but a for your comment, Toes, there is no skill required to combine plants in a pot. It's much easier to start with an established plant and stick cuttings into it, like arranging flowers in a block of foam, but existing rootballs can be combined if the idea appeals.
Some examples in these discussions:
The thread "Combo pots that aren't mini gardens." in Cactus and Succulents forum
The thread "Group/companion/combo pots." in Houseplants forum
The thread "Show off your container garden" in Containers forum
The thread "Recycled & re-purposed items, not-a-pot pots, unconventional uses for pots" in Containers forum

Tiffany, I think there is a skill to container gardens, an artistic eye helps with the combinations. One of the big planters used to have a sheet that showed the best combinations for color and texture.

I respect that, but I think otherwise. The appreciation of the appearance of any plant or container is subjective. I reject the premise that there are any rules, or any combos that are inherently more desirable than others.

If you need basic guidance, there are plenty of online tutorials about the "thrill, fill and spill" approach. Simple, infinitely adaptable and highly effective.

True, but unless you're doing something for a contest with specific rules, I believe one should arrange what they want to see. If you enjoy it, it doesn't matter if you're the only one.

Of course one's personal taste is the primary criterion, but many people benefit from a little instruction about composition and how to blend form, color and texture to achieve what they have in mind and like looking at. No different than any other artistic endeavor.

I think where the skill comes, other than artistic, is in matching plants in regards to light and water needs.

As I'm only in my second year of gardening, I'm still grasping that. I'm noticing that just because two plants say "full sun" and "low water", one may need a bit less or more than the other. In the ground, that difference won't matter much, but in a pot, it may matter a LOT.

As for artistic, I'm used to liking my own thing versus what is popular, so I'm OK with choosing my own.

I do have a rectangular planter on legs that is 15*30 (10 inches tall). I'm going to try putting a prostrate emu bush and a correa pulchella 'pink eyre' in it. They'll bloom in different seasons providing a longer range of colors.