What flowers to put in winter hanging baskets?

Below is a list of top ten flowering plants you can select for your hanging baskets.

Petunia. These colourful blossoms bring joy wherever they are.

Portulaca. Portulaca or sun rose is a great plant variety to grow if you live in a hot and dry region.

Geranium.

Fuschia.

Impatiens.

Lantana.

Begonia.

Sweet alyssum.

Flowering plants:

Water hyssop (Bacopa – annual)

Tuberous begonia (annual/tender perennial)

Silver bells (Browallia – annual)

Fuchsia (perennial)

Impatiens (annual)

New Guinea impatiens (annual)

Lobelia (annual)

Sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritime – annual)

6 steps on ‘How to Revive Hanging Baskets’

Cut and trim. Use gardening scissors to cut back any long stems and trim off dead flowers and/or seed pods.

Fill large pail with water. Use your garden hose or outdoor faucet to fill a large pail with water.

Submerge basket.

Add compost.

Add fertilizer.

Water once more.

How to Hang a Hanging Basket

Determine Basket Location. Select a suitable location to hang your basket.

Select Fixings. Select heavy duty wall plugs and screws, as hanging baskets can get heavy especially when wet.

Prepare Drill Bit.

Drill Required Holes.

Insert Wall Plugs.

Screw in Bracket.

Hang Basket.

These winter-flowering plants will brighten up your pots and flower borders.

Heather. Winter-flowering heather is a brilliant plant for low-growing texture.

Japanese quince.

Winter aconites.

Cyclamen.

Viburnum.

Helleborus.

Pansies.

Winter-flowering cherry.

Reach up and lift the pot from below; if it feels light, it probably needs water. Put your finger one inch into the soil; if it is dry at that depth, water. In most areas you should expect to water hanging plants everyday, or even twice a day. Water should stream from the drainage holes when you water.

A general rule of thumb when planting a hanging basket is to use one plant per inch of basket diameter – so 12 plants per 30cm (12″) hanging basket. The only exception to this is when you use strong-growing plants such as Fuchsias and Geraniums (Pelargoniums).

Top 10 winter bedding plants

Pansies. A stalwart of winter bedding displays, Pansy plants are so versatile and will bloom for far longer than any other winter flowering bedding plant.

Violas.

Primrose.

Polyanthus.

Wallflower.

Sweet William.

Stock.

Forget-me-not.

Outside temperatures can vary greatly from indoors as well, and since the majority of houseplants originate from tropical-like regions, they cannot tolerate cold temperatures or anything below 55 F. (13 C.), especially at night.

Ivy Geraniums. Common garden geraniums (Pelargonium x hortorum) are upright plants that are usually planted in pots, window boxes or in the ground. With its trailing vines that grow as long as 18 inches, ivy geranium (Pelargonium peltatum) is best suited for hanging baskets.

Other fruits and vegetables that grow in hanging baskets are:

lettuce.

strawberries.

peas.

small Asian eggplant.

some types of peppers.

Brown coconut coir is a natural fiber made from the husk of ripe coconuts. This fiber is commonly used in a variety of products, like floor mats and brushes. One of the most popular products, however, are coconut fiber liners, which are commonly found and used in hanging baskets and planters.

Here is a list of fall flowers that you can plant right now to keep your yard looking great.

Asters. Asters produce pretty daisy-like flowers in a range of colors and, depending on the species, are frost tolerant.

Cabbage and Kale.

Calendula.

Chrysanthemum.

Cosmos.

Daisies.

Marigolds.

Pansies.

Photosynthesis slows, respiration slows, growth stops. A classic example is your backyard lawn, Atwell says, which stops growing over winter if the temperature is low for long enough. Atwell also says that plants use winter dormancy to keep their houses in order.

John Innes Composts are soil-based made from a mixture of loam, sand or grit and peat with increasing amounts of plant foods added. Levington John Innes Seed Compost contains the smallest amount of nutrients as this encourages the best germination and growth of tiny roots and shoots.

Most plants in the viola family do best in spring and fall, as they prefer the cool weather. Remember pansies planted in the fall usually bloom off and on all winter, popping up whenever there is a thaw. The root grows strong all winter, hence the plant becomes very vigorous and lush by early spring.

Most can be planted or sown directly outdoors to ensure that your winter vegetable garden is fully stocked.

Onions and Shallots. Autumn planting onion sets are easy to grow and will virtually look after themselves over winter.

Garlic.

Spring Onions.

Perpetual Spinach.

Broad Beans.

Peas.

Asparagus.

Winter Salads.

Soil temperatures below 45 degrees at planting time result in inactive roots, stunted plants, and little or no flowering. But if you plant too early — when the soil is above 65 degrees — you’ll wind up with leggy plants, yellowish leaves and few flowers. Pansies planted then are also more susceptible to frost.

How Extreme Cold Affects Pansies, Violas, Cabbage and Kale. Pansies and Violas are hardy plants and will survive a frost—and even a hard freeze—for a period of time. Depending on how hard the frost was, flowers that were blooming may wither, but the plants will stay alive.