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Post by snowowl on May 12, 2009 14:53:14 GMT
Just taken some pics of the 3 baskets i did for my sister.If she doesnt hurry up and fetch them i will hang them outside my doors. ;D  Well i tried to download all 3 but photo bucket just keeps downloading the same photo  |
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Post by oldmoleskins on Jun 26, 2009 6:26:47 GMT
I know they're 'commercial' so should be able to put on a show, but I thought this was a stunning display for a little family-run place as I went past last evening, so snapped it on the way back:  OM. |
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Post by Auricula on Jun 26, 2009 18:33:24 GMT
Wow!!! That is an amazing display  |
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Post by Chuckles on Jun 26, 2009 21:46:46 GMT
What a riot of colour that is ;D definatley an eye catching display. I've not gone mad this year, only done a wall basket with geraniums, varigated nepeta and white lobelia and a couple of hanging baskets with just varigated nepeta in, very boring compared to those in the photo Whats anyone else done ? |
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Post by Auricula on Jun 26, 2009 22:19:58 GMT
I've done mainly fuchsias this year - they look nice but are not especially eyecatching |
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Post by Missredhead on Jun 28, 2009 15:53:02 GMT
Apart from one basket with strawberries and one with tomatoes I only did two with flowers this year...one has fushias and blue lobelia and the other one has petunias and busy lizzies.
Not all that brilliant but they look nice.
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Post by Ladygardener on Jul 3, 2009 6:33:58 GMT
Gosh that's really lovely OM they've really done themselves proud. I don't do baskets, have a fear of insects dropping onto my hair but I did a nice little window box with cuttings I took and seeds I've sown. It's just starting to come into it's own and will have blooms for another couple of months.  |
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Post by Mowhay on Jul 3, 2009 8:03:48 GMT
My baskets are just starting to get going, another couple of weeks and they should be better. The other six are about the same as these  |
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Post by snowowl on Jul 3, 2009 10:02:42 GMT
I know they're 'commercial' so should be able to put on a show, but I thought this was a stunning display for a little family-run place as I went past last evening, so snapped it on the way back: OM. That must take a lot of watering.They look amazing.I love it when public places put on a flower display it makes summer all that much better. LG and Mowhay your containers lok great. |
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Post by Penny on Jul 3, 2009 10:33:22 GMT
Oh wow, everything is so pretty, well done everyone ;D  |
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Post by Chuckles on Sept 29, 2009 19:57:01 GMT
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Post by Chuckles on Sept 30, 2009 12:04:24 GMT
This is how the Nepeta hanging basket looks now, I just love it.  |
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Post by Barbara on Sept 30, 2009 13:32:59 GMT
That looks nice Chuckles, mine are still going strong I have creeping jenny, Fuscias,Begonias, pelagoniums, and Bacopa, in mine
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Post by Jasmine on Sept 30, 2009 18:10:12 GMT
That's a great jungly, lush part of your garden Chuckles.
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Post by bagpuss on May 27, 2010 13:17:35 GMT
Can I pick some brains please?
I am trying to think of things that could be planted in hanging baskets and window boxes, (south facing) which will have year round interest and be easy to maintain.
Any ideas?
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 10, 2010 10:45:36 GMT
Every time I come to this thread I can only think of the usual summer stuff - geraniums, petunias etc.
However you could underplant with bulbs perhaps - crocus, dwarf daffs etc and also use heathers and variagated ivy for a hanging basket with a difference. Even those tiny tiny coniferous might be useful.
RF
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Post by Spruance on Jun 10, 2010 11:07:15 GMT
Trailing fuschias do well in hanging baskets, and should be ok year round in a sheltered area.
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Post by Chuckles on Jun 15, 2010 10:08:08 GMT
Could you do alpines in a window box I know you'd have to over winter them but I reckon most stuff would need that unless you use just annuals for the summer. I always find baskets and boxes difficult because they do need maintaining.....how about you have 2 sets, a winter box/basket and summer. Maybe even spring, summer, autumn, winter ;D OMG ;D |
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Post by Chuckles on Apr 2, 2011 13:39:27 GMT
Whats everyone doing this year. As usual I've not really given it that much thought yet so it would be good to get ideas.
Previous years I've done quite a few bits from cuttings and that worked really well, helped save a few pennies. Hope to get to the GC in the next week to see whats worth getting and I'll definately be looking for plants that I can do cuttings from. All I've got so far is a couple of geraniums from seed and my good old variegated Nepeta that seems to survive year after year.
Last year I bought some of those coco fibre liners from Wilkos for my baskets and a metal basket trough thing I have but found the birds stripped most of it for nestin material.
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Post by Missredhead on Apr 2, 2011 14:49:15 GMT
I have some of those coco fibre liners...never thought about the birds nicking it although when I brought the moss stuff a few years ago the birds pinched the lot!!
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 2, 2011 15:58:14 GMT
Bless the little birds! ;D
I'm going to use my cone baskets for one more summer. They are looking a bit sad and the liners are all broken up but I thought I could use bin bags and then when stuff started to trail no one would see the baskets much.
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Post by Chuckles on Apr 2, 2011 16:41:56 GMT
Ooooh Jasmine you've reminded me I've got two of the half cone ones in the shed, they sit in a metal cradle/hoop affair, bet I'll only get another year out of the baskets  wonder if you can just buy new baskets This is them in 2009, you can see the metal bit that they hang in better on pic 2, the basket sits inside a hoop bit.   Mmmm bless the birds ;D |
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Post by Auricula on Apr 2, 2011 16:46:08 GMT
Why do the chains always go rusty??  I always just put trailing fuchsias in mine.....boring I know, but I love fuchsias |
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 2, 2011 16:46:30 GMT
They're pretty Chuckles - mine hang. I suppose the wicker bit is going to fall apart in the end. I bet you could find something similar to put in the brackets even if it's hanging ones like mine and you just take the metal hanging chain bit off.
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Post by Missredhead on Apr 2, 2011 16:47:42 GMT
My ones in the shed look a bit musty will have to give them a brush off and see what they look like.
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Post by Auricula on Apr 2, 2011 16:48:59 GMT
Mine are already planted up and hanging in the greenhouse until they get going
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Post by Barbara on Apr 2, 2011 17:27:14 GMT
I've bought trailing osteospermums this year, and a trailing fuschia, and some ivy and creeping jenny.
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Post by Auricula on Apr 2, 2011 17:33:06 GMT
How organised ;D
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Post by Barbara on Apr 2, 2011 18:01:27 GMT
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Post by carolann on Apr 2, 2011 19:16:58 GMT
Oh Barbara please let me know how the trailing Osteospermums do I was looking at them in the T&M catalogue and on the web site but I didnt buy any. I had some of the tall ones in the garden last year and have managed to get them through the winter on the window sill and they are flowering like mad.
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wonder if you can just buy new baskets 
