Thanks so much for the detailed instructions for creating a beautiful basket. Are all of these your creations? They're gorgeous!

Thank you Renee! Yes, except for the photo at the parade with the car...a commercial greenhouse did that one for the town.

This is how my fetish for petunias became. All the baskets I had done in early years really were dogs. Every year my family would go to watch a parade in the small town that I grew up (near), I was raised on a farm. Anyways, I made it a mission to figure out how to create these big displays for my garden.

By importance:
1. Plant variety
2. Size of pot to pot into
3. Number of plants per basket
4. Fertilizer (slow release and bloom booster) and water frequently. The bigger the pot, the less maintenance
4. strong sturdy bracket and location
Oh and I do not deadhead..no time.

Thanks a bunch!!

Nice job, Joanne. You are the queen of flowering containers!

Karen

Beautiful Joanne!

I could look at your gardens, containers forever.

Thank you so much for all the info

Joanne your article makes me think I can do this and succeed. Thank you so much for the great instructions.

Thanks for excellent instructions to create these wonderful baskets!

Thanks indeed Joanne! You've inspired me this morning and I'm off to the garden shop.

Joanne, thank you so much for the specific guidelines for petunia variety and flower/basket size and ratio.

I invite all of you to take a before, mid summer and late season picture of your masterpiece to share with this article. This year, My front yard has Pink, White and Burgundy, Back yard is Blue (looks dark purple), lavender and burgundy. I have just started doing my baskets & window boxes. It may snow on Friday, so I will add this year's photos next week.

I have just started, but here's some hanging baskets that I potted into bigger baskets/barrels
Supertunia Vista Bubblegum with Lobularia

Trixi Blueberry Parfait from 10" HB to 12"



and Blue Vein Surprise

What wonderful information and great pictures! It's truly inspiring! Thank you!

Thank you Mary. I'm crossing my fingers that we get rain and not snow this weekend.

I have had several failures in trying to do this....Thank you so much for great instructions!!

thank you Joanne... always a great read & photos are always fantastic... and thanks for the tip about putting hd plastic in the fiber pots.. great idea!!!

Great article, I really want to plan some for next year! Where do you get the heavy duty plastic though?

I bought a roll of Vapour Plastic that is in the building home reno area at Home Depot. Economical, Easy to store and lots for years to come

Ahh but of course, probably something they use for greenhouse type structures here. Thanks Joanne!

Perhaps for greenhouses. The stuff I bought is for sealing off the insulation in your walls, then gyprock.

OK, I will look for that, thanks again!

A common name in this country Sue is visqueen used as vapor barrier.