Lots of people toss those baskets at that pointbut they are perfectly reusable.
Heres how to get year after year of beautiful blooms in your hanging baskets.
Second, you cant achieve the same full baskets unless you start now, like basket growers do.
Third, you have to know the right blooms to plant for get those really colorful, full looks.
Here are all the tricks Ive learned to use.
Meanwhile, gorgeous, overbrimming baskets were available at my nursery and grocer.
They use plugs, which are usually propagated clippings from existing plants.
Purchase a six pack and start propagating.
Other flowers that grow quickly enough to seed are marigolds and sweet alyssum.
These seeds can get planted directly in the baskets or get started from seed in seed trays now.
Now put the soil back in the basket.
Trailing plants go around the outside of the basket, while taller plants encircle the middle.
Once they start growing, they can become quite large with blooms.
So the first step is to choose your blooms.
For trailing flowers, pick nasturtiums, which come in reds, oranges, and yellows.
Calibrachoa cascades like a petunia, with a small bloommore of a spray of florals.
Fuschia is a draping bloom that explodes all summer in shades of pink and reds.
Ensure the basket remains moist but not waterlogged.
When spring finally rolls around, remember to harden the plants off, rather than just putting them outside.
