That’s a splendid display Lyn. I’ve only done 2 baskets this year and have gone for orange/peachey/yellow mixture with lysimachia and macopia?? I think? I’ll probably put a couple of my tomato plants in a couple more.
I’m an ‘Explosion in a paint factory’ type. Anything and everything goes in, regardless of colour.
I call that color ”clown vomit”.. like when you see a display of these as the GC..
I'm usually not a dodgy GC person, but maybe once or twice I've carefully switched out a cell or two with surrounding packs, so I didn't have an odd yellow in my palette of purples and whites. 😔
@Lyn... beautiful planters. The watering wouldn't bother me but the deadheading sure would and my petunias go all sticky after a while. I love trailing verbena in baskets... they're always the last flowers standing in mine.
Not doing any this year as we are away for three weeks in August and don't have anyone to look after them. I sort out the containers with irrigation system but it doesn't work so well with the hanging baskets. When I do them they usually look like this.
Lyn, your flower displays are breathtaking. I have planted mine today, the type which has the removable grid for each plant. I also bought some 6 packs of plants at the local market. Bottom level has an unknown white flower, 2 calibrachoa and a Busy Lizzie, the middle has a fuschia, alyssum which was growing as weeds, lobelia, Busy Lizzies, more calibrachoa (£5 for six at the market) and the top has 3 surphinia, 3 non stop begonias and more lobelia. Four baskets in total. Took all day, interspersed with sitting in chair enjoying the sun.
I don’t buy anything, here’s my Violas all from seed. Yvie, I see you’ve made use of the Nemesia in your baskets, I save seeds and grow lots of those for tubs and baskets, very easy plants. And very rewarding.
Johnny, I’ve got those baskets, but you need to line them with compost sacks and cut tiny slits for plants or the water can run out too quickly.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
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I'd love a list of the plants you use I never know what to try and always end up with the two plants above
Also that's a hell of a view from there. It don't look like Dartmoor.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw'
I'm usually not a dodgy GC person, but maybe once or twice I've carefully switched out a cell or two with surrounding packs, so I didn't have an odd yellow in my palette of purples and whites. 😔
I love trailing verbena in baskets... they're always the last flowers standing in mine.
Yvie, I see you’ve made use of the Nemesia in your baskets, I save seeds and grow lots of those for tubs and baskets, very easy plants. And very rewarding.
Johnny, I’ve got those baskets, but you need to line them with compost sacks and cut tiny slits for plants or the water can run out too quickly.