Hanging Gardens
Sanhedrin Nursery · Watts, OK · 1 mo ago
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Hanging Basket Plants & Care
Hanging baskets are an easy way to dress up your home and add character to your landscape. Baskets filled with colorful flowers bring outdoor living areas alive, whether you have a sunny porch or a shady patio.
Popular Varieties
- Wave Petunias & Supertunias: Vigorous growers with fragrant blooms from spring until frost in sunny locations. Wave petunias drape up to 4 feet long in bright pink, purple, magenta, lavender, and white. Supertunia® Raspberry Blast has two-toned pink blooms edged in violet and trails up to 2 feet.
- Million Bells®: Mini-petunia lookalikes in bright pink, purple, orange, and yellow. Thrives in hot sun.
- Ivy Geraniums: Grow well in morning sun and afternoon shade, with red, pink, salmon, lavender, and red-and-white flowers. Glossy ivy-like foliage provides a handsome backdrop.
- Tapien® Blue-Violet Verbena: Delicate, feathery leaves with blue-violet blooms all season. Heat-tolerant and compact, ideal for full sun.
- Moss Rose (Portulaca): Bright red, orange, yellow, purple, and pink flowers above succulent leaves. Perfect for hot exposures.
- Fuchsias: Popular for shady areas, with lush foliage and bright hanging flowers in red, pink, purple, and white. Attracts hummingbirds.
- Hanging Begonias: Ideal for shade, with profuse blooms from mid-summer to frost. Bulbs can be stored and regrown.
Plant Combinations
- Shade: Impatiens, begonias, lobelia, and coleus for summer-long color.
- Sun: Petunias, alyssum, and verbena for vibrant displays.
For a mossy look, use a wire basket lined with green moss and plant flowers through the sides. Alternatively, use a coconut liner with slits for side planting or trailing plants on top.
Care Tips
- Fertilize hanging baskets weekly.
- Water daily in hot weather.
- Pinch off faded blossoms to encourage continuous blooming.
Additional Gardening Tips
- New Guinea Impatiens: Variegated foliage and giant flowers; tolerate more sun than regular impatiens.
- Pepper Plants: Fertilize when the first blossoms open.
- Camellias, Azaleas, Rhododendrons: Feed with acid plant food now.
- Roses: Check for black spots on leaves and treat immediately to prevent defoliation.
- Young & Fruit Trees: Remove suckers and water sprouts (cut off apple/pear water sprouts).