hanging holiday baskets

1. What are the best plants for autumn hanging baskets?
2. What plants are good for winter hanging baskets?
3. Do hanging baskets need drainage?
4. Do hanging baskets survive winter?
5. How often should you feed hanging baskets?
6. How do you maintain hanging baskets?
7. What can I plant now for winter color?
8. How do you prepare a hanging basket for planting?
9. Should hanging baskets be watered every day?
10. Should you line hanging baskets with plastic?
11. How long do hanging flower baskets last?
12. Why do my hanging baskets die?
13. Do Hanging baskets come back every year?
14. What can I plant in a hanging basket in autumn?
15. What is the best fertilizer for hanging baskets?
16. How many Wave petunias in a hanging basket?
17. What is the best time of day to water hanging baskets?
18. Can you over fertilize hanging baskets?
19. Can you feed hanging baskets with tomato feed?

What are the best plants for autumn hanging baskets?

Ideal shrubs to consider include Euonymus, Hebe, Skimmia, Choisya and Cupressus 'Wilma Goldcrest'. Amongst our bedding plants you will find a wide range of plants that are ideal for your containers including pansies, violas, primula, polyanthus, wallflowers and cyclamen.

What plants are good for winter hanging baskets?

Suitable plants for winter hanging baskets include pansies, violas, thymes, ivies, little cyclamen, and primroses. You can also under-plant with bulbs such as Daffodil 'Tete-a-Tete', crocus or dwarf irises. Make sure you include some trailing plants to spill over the edges of the basket, or to grow from the sides.

Do hanging baskets need drainage?

Flowers and plants growing in hanging baskets require the same good drainage as any other container plant. If your basket doesn't supply drainage, you must add holes to the bottom or your plants may suffer.

Do hanging baskets survive winter?

Plant winter hanging baskets between September and October, and it doesn't matter if they are frosted as the plants are should be hardy.

How often should you feed hanging baskets?

Most other composts will run out of steam early and weekly feeding will be necessary if your plants are to flourish throughout the summer and autumn. To feed just once a season use a product such as Miracle-Gro Continuous Release Plant Food Tablets into the compost to feed your plants for the next 6 months.

How do you maintain hanging baskets?

To keep plants in hanging baskets healthy and beautiful all summer long, follow these steps:

1. Water often and thoroughly. ...
2. Deadhead blooming plants. ...
3. In a mixed basket, replace plants as needed. ...
4. Fertilize. ...
5. If necessary, soak. ...
6. Cut back leggy plants.

What can I plant now for winter color?

Browse our pick of the best winter-flowering plants, below.

• Winter honeysuckle.
• Christmas rose.
• Pansies.
• Winter aconites.
• Daphne.
• Snowdrop.
• Mahonia.
• Winter clematis.

How do you prepare a hanging basket for planting?

1. Step 1: Prepare the Compost & Liner. Never use garden soil which is too heavy, badly drained and lacking in nutrients. ...
2. Step 2: Insert Trailing Plants. Stand the basket on a large plant pot and fill to about 1/3 with compost. ...
3. Step 3: Plant the Top. ...
4. Step 4: Hanging the basket.

Should hanging baskets be watered every day?

In general, water plants in hanging baskets when the soil surface becomes dry to the touch. On hot, sunny days it may be necessary to water once a day. When watering hanging baskets, be sure to apply water until water begins to flow out the bottom of the container.

Should you line hanging baskets with plastic?

All about hanging basket liners

Since hanging basket liners are usually porous, though, it means that hanging baskets will dry out quickly. No matter which liner you choose, cut a piece of plastic, like a garbage or grocery bag, to fit and poke a few drainage holes into the center.

How long do hanging flower baskets last?

Hanging baskets are typically filled with annuals which are plants that last for a season and then need to be replaced. Even perennial plants that grow back year after year will need to be replaced or significantly pruned in order to continue growing in a hanging basket after one season.

Why do my hanging baskets die?

Whether that be too much or too little water, or a lack of nutrients. Hanging baskets need to be fertilized regularly to keep producing blooms. But in many cases, even the most well cared for hanging baskets begin to fade fast by early summer. And for these plants, no amount of water or fertilizer is going to help.

Do Hanging baskets come back every year?

These once beautiful flowering displays have now sadly come to an abrupt end. Hanging baskets filled with annuals like this can't stay this pretty forever. ... Even the greenest of green thumbs can't keep annual hanging baskets alive all year long. After all, that is why they are called annuals!

What can I plant in a hanging basket in autumn?

Choose hardy plants such as dwarf evergreen shrubs, conifers, heuchera, ornamental grasses, heathers, violas and pansies are perfect for planting now.

What is the best fertilizer for hanging baskets?

Fertilization Plants in hanging baskets often require frequent fertilization. Water soluble fertilizers or slow release granular fertilizers may be used. Ideally, complete fertilizers with a 1:2:1 ratio of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium will keep plants healthy and blooming well.

How many Wave petunias in a hanging basket?

We recommend 3 Wave plants in a 10-12 inch (25-30cm) container. Increase your plants as your container size goes up. Too many plants in a small container will have your Wave Petunias or Cool Wave Pansies fighting for the nutrients they need to spread and cascade over the sides.

What is the best time of day to water hanging baskets?

The best time to water your containers is in the morning to give them enough time to soak up the moisture before the heavy heat of the day. Plants also absorb water faster during the morning.

Can you over fertilize hanging baskets?

Many hanging baskets begin to fade by mid to late summer. Provide too much, and the plant spends all of it's energy growing lots of roots and foliage. And not blooms! Over-fertilizing leads to plants becoming root-bound and overgrown within just a month or two.

Can you feed hanging baskets with tomato feed?

I feed once a week with a high potash fertilser (tomato feed is fine) to aid continuous flowering. As mentioned constant watering and deadheading are also necessary for a good basket.