Hanging baskets / RHS Gardening Advice. Whether planted for summer or winter interest, hanging baskets provide valuable colour at eye level.
Choose vibrant bedding plants for a short-term show or herbs, shrubs and evergreens for a long-lasting display. What to plant Plants for summer baskets:Argyranthemum, Lysimachia (creeping jenny), Dichondra ‘Silver Falls’, Fuchsia, Pelargonium (geraniums), Lobelia, Viola (pansies), Petunia, Salvia and Nicotiana (tobacco plants). Plants for winter baskets:Buxus (Box), Crocus, Gaultheria, Iris reticulata cultivars, Hedera (ivy) – either variegated or plain, Carex (ornamental sedge), Primula (primulas and polyanthus), Cyclamen (small-flowered cyclamen), Viola (winter pansies and viola) and Erica carnea (winter-flowering heathers).
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