Overcrowding plants question

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I'm watching gardeners world and this woman is stuffing 3 plants into a not enormous pot. Isn't overcrowding a thing?

I always over stuff my pots as I like a full display.
Should be fine as long as you water and feed well.

That is very good news thank you!

Maybe depends what they are - some plants don't flower well unless their roots are constricted, I think?

I also saw that ep. of gardener's world, she did put a lot of plants in the pot and she put a shade loving plant with a sun loving one IIRC.

I thought that agapanthus is the only plant that likes constricted roots I may be wrong.

I'm pretty sure there are others, I can't offhand remember what though. It can make sense - flowers are a means of reproduction, a plant which can spread itself vegetatively may not need to bother expending energy on flowers, but to escape its bounds then it needs to make seed.

The case in question may just have been someone bunging a bit too much in for a quick show, of course.

When I watch gardening programmes, especially makeover ones, less so Gardeners World, I often think they've crammed way too much in. Yes, the garden looks instantly fantastic, but in a year or two, it will be really overcrowded.

Most people plant up pots for one season, so overcrowd for a good dense display.

Planting a garden densely is fine as long as you'e prepared to thin out in later years.

I tend to plant one type of species in each pot, sometimes more than one of the same, like pelargoniums, I prefer it like that. There's no reason for one to do better than the other then! I have quite large pots too for a good display.

Good news to hear agapanthus likes constricted roots, I was looking at repotting mine this year and now won’t !