Use these easy plant combinations to create a beautiful hanging basket display on your porch.
Use these easy plant-by-numbers recipes for unusual hanging basket ideas to get the most beautiful porch in your neighborhood.
Pick Drought-Resistant Plants
The biggest challenge of growing beautiful hanging baskets is keeping them from drying out.
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you might make maintenance a breeze by planting drought-toleranthens and chicks, echeveria,sedum, or other succulents.
Theyre an unusual hanging basket idea but require next to no watering, even in hot, sunny situations.
Tie two hanging baskets together tocreate a fun DIY succulent orb, perfect for a spot in full sun.
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Its no wonder theyre tried-and-truefavorites for containersand hanging baskets.
Either way, theyre great colors to catch the eye from a block away.
Up close, the mix of bloom sizes creates visual interest on a more subtle level.
This basket will sizzle all summer long in a sunny spot.
We love this simple but unusual hanging basket ideaits like a touch ofsnow in summer.
This basket is best in full sun.
This combo will do best in a part sun location.
you could create equally good looks without going overboard, even in a shady spot, withimpatiensin similar colors.
Old-fashionedimpatiensand waxbegoniasareno-fail choices for shadebut in this basket, theyre enhanced by purple-leaf alternanthera and purple-floweringtorenia.
All of these plants will do well in part shade.
This basket grows best in full sun.
Here, butterfly orchid, an underused but long-blooming tomato relative, does the job perfectly.
This colorful combo prefers a shady spot and stops blooming when summer heat sets in.
Contrast Colors
Create a wow moment using colors opposite each other on the color wheel.
Here, for example, rich purple makes a stunning contrast to golden chartreuse.
Place this basket in full sun to part shade.
This basket is best in full sun.
Add an impatiens, and youll have a colorful basket to brighten a shady spot all summer.
In fall, bring them back indoors to enjoy them for the winter season.
Theyll add that little something extra to your hanging basket and keep on blooming all summer long.
It may look sparse at first, but the plants will fill it in soon.
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Theyre unmatched for their elegance.
Fuchsias offer a great bonus, too:Hummingbirds love them.
Then, when temperatures drop in fall, replace your spent summer plants with more cool-season beauties.
Hang these beauties in a shady spot, then stand back and watch the show.
This nonstop bloomer is a perfect companion for anything orange or yellowsuch as the glowing orange osteospermum here.
This basket does best in a part shade location.
Just pinch off tips of new growth before the first frost and stick them in alittle potting soil.
Keep them watered, and theyll root in a couple of weeks.
Here, for example, pale yellow adds subtle interest to this otherwise pink-red color combo of sun-lovingcalibrachoaand verbena.
Orange and purple is a no-fail mix that will always make an impact.
Try it in full sun to part shade location.
Theyre dependable performers and will keep blooming to add lots of color to your landscapeall summer.
We especially love the inclusion of the coleus; its deeply colored foliage adds beautiful depth to the planting.
Place this basket in a spot with full sun for the best color.
A. Coleus (SolenostemonTrailing Rose) 2
B.CalibrachoaCabaret Light Pink 2
C.VerbenaWildfire Rose 2
