How to Hang Flowering Baskets to Beautify Your Porch or Patio

Hanging out (flowering plants in baskets) on your deck.

Hanging plants in baskets or pots can give you more gardening space to work with. They can draw the eye up when your flowering shrubs are still young and need a few more growing seasons to fill a vertical space. They bring the blooms up to eye level so that they are sure to capture your attention.

Before you shop for your hanging plants sit for a day off and on in the garden, time how many hours of direct sunlight each spot receives. That way you will not put a plant that thrives in sun in a shady spot nor a shade loving plant in the direct sun. Additionally, consider your wicker sectional sofas and choose plants that will add more to their beauty and goes well with the color scheme of your sofa. This will make your patio more serene and beautiful. 

Next, you need to think about how you want your garden to look. Do you want all of the same type and color of the flower in the baskets, this can create the feeling of a wall if they are hung closely together at staggered heights along a beam. Or if you place them on the corners of a deck they can help to visually define a space. If you decide to plant different types of flowers in your baskets you can create focal points where they hang.

A straight rod supporting several hanging baskets can act as a wall of color to stop the eye from wandering beyond to the back of a neighbors garage or shed.

Plant choice for your baskets is important. For a sun-drenched garden, if you are able to stay home all summer and water your plants regularly, you might want to opt for the variety of colors offered by Impatience. They need daily watering in the high heat of the summer. There are some great exotic Impatience that sport deeply purplish backed leaves with dark green faces and amazingly vibrant flower colors. You could plant Begonias that are also sun lovers and water demand. There is a huge variety of Begonias for your choice. From bright white to candy pink, salmon, brilliant orange, and sweet pale yellows the color selection is huge. There is no end to the variety you can choose from. You might like all one color or many colors in each basket.

If you need to hang your baskets in the shade you might want to choose Coleus. They offer amazingly varied colors in the foliage. The leaves can be straight or scalloped to look like they were cut with a pinking shear. They came in pink, purple, white, dark green, chat race or any mixed variation of the available colors.

Hanging plants in baskets or pots can give you more gardening space to work with. They can draw the eye up when your flowering shrubs are still young and need a few more growing seasons to fill a vertical space. They bring the blooms up to eye level so that they are sure to capture your attention.

Before you shop for your hanging plants sit for a day off and on in the garden, time how many hours of direct sunlight each spot receives. That way you will not put a plant that thrives in sun in a shady spot nor a shade loving plant in the direct sun.

Next, you need to think about how you want your garden to look. Do you want all of the same type and color of the flower in the baskets, this can create the feeling of a wall if they are hung closely together at staggered heights along a beam. Or if you place them on the corners of a deck they can help to visually define a space. If you decide to plant different types of flowers in your baskets you can create focal points where they hang. A horizontal pole can support several hanging baskets at various heights to create a visual wall. You might use it to screen the view of an air conditioner, your neighbors rusty metal shed or garage.

Plant choice for your baskets is important. For a sun-drenched garden, if you are able to stay home all summer and water your plants regularly, you might want to opt for the variety of colors offered by Impatience. They need daily watering in the high heat of the summer. There are some great exotic Impatience that sport deeply purplish backed leaves with dark green faces and amazingly vibrant flower colors. You could plant Begonias that are also sun lovers and water demand. There is a huge variety of Begonias for your choice. From bright white to candy pink, salmon, brilliant orange, and sweet pale yellows the color selection is huge. There is no end to the variety you can choose from. You might like all one color or many colors in each basket.

If you need to hang your baskets in the shade you might want to choose Coleus. They offer amazingly varied colors in the foliage. The leaves can be straight or scalloped to look like they were cut with a pinking shear. They came in pink, purple, white, dark green, chartreuse or any mixed variation of the available colors. Another option for the shade is the Wishbone Flower. It comes in a pretty variety of pinks or blues and has uniquely shaped flowers.

You can add hanging Needle Point Ivy to give the basket a bit of trailing length or a spiked central plant to give it height. This way you can shape your basket beyond the shape of the colored plantings.

Before you plant you should perhaps mix a bit of Aqua Rocks or Soil Moist with your soil, these products like tiny sponges act as mini water reservoirs for your plants so they do not dry out as easily. This is something you will appreciate when the high heat of summer strikes. You might also want to feed your hanging baskets regularly with a slow-release fertilizer so that they will continue to boom for you right up to frost.