Simple Trailing Plants For Hanging Baskets

Their tendency to grow with those long leaves hanging down makes them a great contender for hanging baskets.

Trailing plants for hanging baskets. Flower clusters appear from summer through fall. The pretty leaves have a marbling pattern with various shades of green and white. By BBC Gardeners World MagazineAug 05 20194 mins to read.

The long trailing clusters of flowers add big interest as they spill down and over the side. Under the right conditions the creeping foliage provides dense trailing stems. The lavender purple marked flowers are a.

Bacopa sweet potato vine and calibrachoa. Cool Wave pansies naturally cascade and trail over basket edges creating a lush bloom-a-licious look. Lantana montevidensis is a trailing type of lantana mostly used as a groundcover due to its trailing or spreading habit.

Dichondra is a superb plant with tiny heart-shaped shining silver leaves. This newcomer to the Cool Wave pansy line-up celebrates the season with classic fall hues. Trailing and Basket plantsBacopa PlantsBidens PlantsBegonia Million KissesTrailing BegoniasCalibrachoa Million BellsCentradeniaDiascia PlantsFelicia PlantsFoliage Hanging Basket.

This butterfly-attracting plant demands lots of sun 8 to 10 hours per day and a well-draining soil. This also makes it the best lantana for hanging baskets because it will ramble right over the sides with a weeping habit. A good rule of thumb when planting a hanging basket is to use one plant per inch of basket diameter - so 12 plants per 12 inch 30cm basket.

Trailing Plants for Hanging Baskets These trailing plants are popular in hanging baskets. These sun-shy plants prefer to hang in shady places or low light areas. Lobelia SeedsTrailing Sapphire Hanging basketsTrailing over window or Wall 300 Seeds 1 Lobelia seeds White Ladyhanging baskets or trailing over window boxes and wall.