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Charlestown RI  saturn56 May 1, 2018 5:37 PM CST |
| 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 |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost    DaisyI May 1, 2018 6:16 PM CST |
| 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? Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada Webmaster: osnnv.org |
Charlestown RI saturn56 May 1, 2018 6:24 PM CST |
| It is outside the basket possibly 10" wide and it will be about 5' to 6' high it will not be behind glass |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost DaisyI May 1, 2018 7:25 PM CST |
| 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. Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada Webmaster: osnnv.org |
Charlestown RI saturn56 May 1, 2018 8:04 PM CST |
| I am looking for suggestions on flowers to create a basket now not year round. |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost DaisyI May 1, 2018 9:14 PM CST |
| 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.  Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada Webmaster: osnnv.org |
Name: Christine Saugerties, NY zone 5a              Christine May 2, 2018 6:12 AM CST |
| I love sweet potato vines, you can find them in lime green & maroon. |
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