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b2pcoilb2pcoil Posts: 4
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What's the best kind of flowers to be planting on a house balcony? Thanks all, b2pcoi.

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  • b2pcoilb2pcoil Posts: 4
    Sorry, thanks all, b2pcoil.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,136

    Hi b2pcoil image

    We need to know a bit more about the balcony - whereabouts in the world are you?  Which way does the balcony face?  Does it catch the wind?  How high up is it?  What sort of containers have you got or are you going to get new ones?  What sort of flowers do you like - do you want colour or foliage - do you like large structural plants or pretty flowers in pots?

    Lots of info needed please image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • b2pcoilb2pcoil Posts: 4
    Thanks for the quick reply. I live in Israel, balcony faces west (Mediterranean Sea, about 20km to the east of the seashore, no real wind there). I want pretty little pot flowers... image

    Thank you so much, b2pcoil.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,136

    I think I'd try pelargoniums - including the trailing type (the sort of flower you see on pictures of traditional Swiss chalets).  Pelargoniums are native to S. Africa, so I think they could stand the high light levels that you have. 

    Take a look here http://www.sarahraven.com/articles/pelargonium_groups.htm


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • b2pcoilb2pcoil Posts: 4
    Herb is superb, hehe... image But they are very sensitive plants, I know...

    Thanks, b2pcoil.
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