Looking for suggestions on plants for a Shepard hook hanging plant that I want to put in my Churches high visibility garden. Something eye catching full sun zone 7a

Is the garden inside or outside? How big is the basket going to be? How high will it hang above the garden? Is the full sun behind glass?

It is outside the basket possibly 10" wide and it will be about 5' to 6' high it will not be behind glass

If your basket was full of annuals, it would be easy because they wouldn't have to survive the winter and they would bloom all summer. A year round basket will be harder because it will have to survive the winter and bloom.

Hopefully, someone will have a suggestion... (I am thinking)

Also, if you are using one of those Shepherd's Hooks (from Lowe's or Home Depot) that you plant in the ground, you may have to stabilize the straight leg with a t-post or something. The weight of the pot will cause the Shepherd's Hook to bend.

I am looking for suggestions on flowers to create a basket now not year round.

Then I would travel on down to the local Big Box Store and stock up on whatever catches your fancy. I would suggest Petunias, decorative sweet potatoes and Million Belles. To stand up and give your basket height, something like Coleus.

Pack them together. Annuals don't need space - they will be dead by the time the first snow falls. In a 10 inch basket, you could probably squash in at least 8 - 10 plants. If you get them in 6-packs, 10 or 12. The operative word here is 'Squash', as in wall to wall.

Post a photo when your basket is done. I LOVE annual baskets.

I love sweet potato vines, you can find them in lime green & maroon.