Hanging baskets add color and touch, elegance and decorate any garden. They do not need a lot of space to show themselves. Virtually every plant can be grown in hanging containers. When choosing, one should be guided by the size of the flowerpots and the place where it will be hung. Pots hanging in a partly shaded place without drafts need less frequent irrigation of those located in open sunny areas.
- If you want to quickly create a flowering hanging pots and spend a minimum of their efforts on this, drop nasturtiums into it. A mixture of varieties of this plant will create a particularly sunny mood at the shading entrance, because it is tolerant even to the long absence of direct sunlight. Varieties: “Canarian Liana” or “Canary”, “Vesuvius”, “Yeti”, “Jewel”, “Bravo”, “Alaska”, “Brilliant”, “Day and Night”, “May Terry Yellow”, etc. Nasturtium able to grow and run amok on poor soils. In the care, this is a simple plant: periodically feed nasturtiums with complex fertilizer and enjoy golden-copper, red, orange flowers against the background of lush green leaves.
- One of the most popular plants for hanging pots in the garden is petunia. A variety of varieties and the ability to quickly build up weight make this flower the most common. Combine petunias with other ampelous plants and expand the palette of colors in the vertical gardening of your garden. Varieties: “Frost F1 Cherry 1000”, “Bravo Salmon”, “Bravo Blue Veined”, “Rose Picotee”, “Burgundy”, “Blue Star”, “Peach Glo”, “Lilac Glo”, “Sky Blue”, “ White ”,“ Aphrodite ”,“ Gloria ”,“ Alba ”, etc. This is only a small fraction of the varieties of petunia for growing in containers. In companions to them, choose Obriet, Lobelia, Army, Bacopa, Ipomeyu, Dichondra …
- To many, the following plant for an amulet ornament will seem strange, but … Tomatoes are beautiful and useful. For container growth in the form of decorative, choose varieties with small berries. They are also composed with blooming. Varieties: Cherry, Mini-ball, Kimberlino, Sweetini, Cherry Eubbi, Hilma, Harmony, Magic Cascade, Garden Pearl, Citizen, Cherry Fingers “,” Bonsai “,” Lemon “,” Green Pearl “…
- Such a bright and tropical plant as a purslane has long taken root in our flowerbeds. Only a few people used it as a container. In temperate climates, purslana is grown as an annual or indoor. Colorful flowers and needle-like foliage do not require careful care in hanging pots – timely watering and periodic feeding will do the trick. Varieties: Double Mix, Cherry, Hybrid Cream, Sunglo, Summer Dream, White …
- Another favorite plant for hanging pots – begonia, feels great in shaded places. For this type of cultivation it is necessary to choose ampelous varieties of begonias. Varieties: Yellow, Santa Cruz Sunset, Scarlet, Dragon Wing, Go-Go F1, Apple blossom, Alkor F1, Bella F1, Venus F1, Carmen F1 …
- Philodendron is mainly cultivated as a houseplant. He feels better in partial shade and alone. Varieties: Xanadu, bicurved, graceful, reddening, climbing, Sello, scaly, hybrid, capleniferous … Diastia is from South Africa and is grown in temperate climates as an annual. It prefers sunny areas, well-drained soil and regular watering. To stimulate the formation of new flowers, faded off are removed. Some types of hardy and can withstand up to -8 ° C. Blooms with the arrival of summer and before the arrival of frost. Grades: Pink Queen, Ruby Field, Elegans, Blackthorn Apricot, Lilac Belle, Salmon Queen, Jack Elliot and types: felt, warty, harsh, vigilant, elegant.
- Geranium in hanging pots in the garden is as frequent a settler as petunia. She also likes to decorate the kitchen windows. So that she constantly pleases you, choose a sunny place for her, and before planting in a container, create a drainage. Views: Balkan – Spessagat, Ingwersen’s Variety, Insversen, Czakor, Variegata; marsh; gorgeous – Kendall Clark, Purple Cranesbill; Vlasov – Rozanne; fibula – Wild Alaska; hairylose. In total, there are more than 300 species of this plant. Other geranium varieties include Gravetye, Jonson’s Blue, Plenum, Album, Bressingham Pink, Compactum, Flore Pleno, Biokovo …
- Verbena is the ideal plant for hanging pots. During the season it is necessary to feed it 2-3 times and constantly water it abundantly. A very drought-resistant flower, but it should be abused. However, an excess of moisture also does not have a beneficial effect – many elongated shoots do not throw flower stalks in an appropriate amount. Varieties – Lavender Mist, Imagination, Moon River, Perfecta, Blutenmeer Violet …
- Fuchsia – plastic plant, so that it can be grown in any form. She loves eastern or northern destinations on the balcony. Sunshine prefers in the morning hours, and in the rest, midday and afternoon time, fuchsia will bask in partial shade. Feed this plant should be 1 time in 2 weeks, and water as the top layer of soil dries. Varieties – Aladna’s Sanders, Alfred Fuhrmann, Art Deco, Bella Rosella, Bert’s Louisa, Blue Frills, Cascade, Circus Spangles, Coq au Vin, Dancing Flame …
- Balsam usually blooms all year round. Easy to care for and understand the plant – if something is wrong, the flower begins to shed the lower leaves. Feed balsam 1 time in 2 weeks with complex mineral fertilizer. Varieties – Athena Appleblossom, Sparkler Cherry, Apple Blossom, Coral Bells, Purple Pinata, White, Lavender Orchid, Tango Tangerine Orange, Stardust Rose, Envoy Peach Butterfly …
- Carnation can grow not only in the open field in flowerbeds. She blooms great in pots. Especially good for hanging pots Shabo carnations and Chinese. Their numerous stems will hide the container, and you can enjoy a fragrant airy bouquet. Grades: Chinese – Diana F1, Super Parfait F1 Strawberry, Elation F1 White Impr., Super Parfait F1 Red Peppermint, Elation F1 Scarlet, Dulce F1 Violet, Venti Parfait F1 Crimson Eye …; Shabo – Grenadin Yellow, Grenadin King of the Blacks, Grenadin Rose, Chomley Farran, Moondust, Mont Blanc, Rosina, Champagne …
- Ivy or chedera is an evergreen climbing plant, unpretentious, shade-tolerant and cool-loving plant. In the warm season, ivy should be fed 2-3 times a month, in the winter it will be enough for it to feed one. Grades: Gloire de Marengo, Striata, Dentata Variegata, Sulfur Heart, Arborescens, Hedera helix, Harald, different. Scutifolia, Ivalace, diff. Cristata, Annette, Green Ripple, Chicago, Mona Lisa, Glacier … Pansies or Vittrock violet – an infrequent visitor in hanging pots. But using this flower you can get a bright airy bouquet full of colors. Unpretentious pansies grow well only on well-drained soils. Hang your pansies on the balcony, like a carnation, at eye level. Varieties: Hiemalis, Universal Series F1, Rococo, Flamenco, Trimardo, Crystal Bowl F1, Maxim Series F1, Giant Forerunner F1, Joker F2, Padparadja F1, Crown F1, Imperial, Strawberry …
- Lobelia is a perennial that is mainly grown as an annual plant. However, if you perederzhit hanging baskets with this plant in the winter in a cold room, you get a “relative perennial.” The only requirement for lobelia during the growing season is constantly slightly moist soil (in the heat it will have to be watered twice a day) and pruned after flowering (5 cm above the soil level). Grades: Riviera White, Riviera Rose, Crystal Palace, Cobalt F1 Blue, Regatta White, Regatta Sky Blue, Riviera Sapphire, Sapphire Pendula, Crystal Palace, Cascade, Sapphire, Regatta Midnight Blue, Beads Blue, Cambridge, Rosamund, Emperor Willy, Crystal palace…
- Alyssum, like all the plants described here, is unpretentious. It must be watered, fed and cut. He still somehow suffers insufficient watering (fewer flowers, smaller size), but overflow is fraught with late blight. Pruning is needed to stimulate flowering and give a neat look to the plant. Grades: Royal Carpet, Mountain Gold, Pink Day, Snowflake VP, Wonderland ™: Blue, Golden, Snowball, Wonderland ™: Deep Rose, Wonderland ™: Deep Purple, Wonderland ™: Lavender, Purple Queen, Heart Note …
- Our lanthanum was cultivated mainly as a houseplant, and only a few planted it in flowerbeds. Although where it comes from (America and Africa, Asia), lanthanum grows in large thickets. The plant has the property to change color during flowering. But breeders bred varieties with a “clean” color. In the hanging pots, the soil for it must be loose, because in heavy soil it “behaves badly” – it becomes shallow, forms little flowers, or even dies. Feed 2 times a month. Grades: Goldensonne, Aloha, Cocktail, Sunkiss, Naida, Schneewittchen, White Dwarf, Samanta …
- Calibrachoa, until recently, belonged to the genus Petunias. However, this plant has related connections with these flowers. To clearly distinguish what plant in front of you, look into the middle of the “bell” – it should be either lemon yellow or brown. Calibrachoa needs a lot of heat and sunlight from the south or southeast. He needs moisture – moderate watering and frequent spraying – the best allies of this plant. The soil in the container should be loose, permeable. For 1 plant you need 2 liters of soil mixture. Varieties: Crave Sunset, Kabloom Deep Blue, Kabloom Red, Million Kollochchikov …
- Nemesia is a perennial African, in our country (in a temperate climate) it grows in an annual culture. Bright, rich in color, it is great for hanging pots on the balcony, in the garden. Caring for nemesia consists in regular watering (more frequent in drought), dressing – 1-2 times in 2 weeks in the form of spraying with potash fertilizers, pruning to stimulate the emergence of new flowers. Grades: Blue Gem, Sugar Girl, Sky Lagoon, Woodcote, Joan Wilder, Coconut Ice, Aurora, Funfair, Fire King, National Ensign …
- Pelargonium is a sun-loving plant of the genus Geranium. Moderate watering and fresh warm air – all that this plant needs. Varieties: Cook`s Scarlet and White, Parfaite DZ, St. Elmos Fire, Goodness Vibration, Marie Louise, Linnea Andrea, Peter’s Choice, Verity Palace, Jeanette Aspham Fringed Aztec, PAC Red Sybil, Tomgirl PAC, Tenerife Magic, Mozaic Sugar Baby …