SUMMER BASKETS AND WINDOW BOXES - "BITS AND BOBS" - 2015

I couldn't resist, plus...I'm running out of space!

 

any chance you could cover with fleece and do you have these for the amount you have put in the basket

 

Haha...trust me, they will fill it!

 

I thought I had M , it pops up on the first Youtube search page. Now how many of us plant up baskets in shirt , tie and waistcoat
There is a definite theme/panic on some threads off people running out of space

 

I've now bought too many trailing plants... Oh dear me, what a disaster.
But it's OK. I have a new use for the wooden step-ladder in the loft. (It is the new vehicle for my outdoor trailing plant display).

 

my begonias Kisses Devotion(new variety for 2015) arrived today from " Brookside Nurseries" .
Great plants so much better than I have had from T&M so will deffo use again , but will put the order in earlier next time as I am two weeks behind !

 

Just hoping I haven't overcrowded but love the black and white

 

It looks good to me Apple Blossom!

 

That should be stunning Apple Blossom, I like the black and white as well. I'll have to remember that for next year

 

Ah thank you @Sheal just love this one, waiting for others to catch up

 

It's the only thing in the garden I think I'm good at, at the moment so many things to fix

 

You can take over mine then Apple Blossom, baskets are my nightmare. I really don't enjoy planting them up, in fact mine are still waiting and I only have two!

 

Apple Blossom

I wouldn't say you're just good at them that looks like a professional bought in job to me.

Sheal

If you struggle do what I do and just fill them with one type/variety of plant, then they all grow together and it looks like one big plant.

Although this year I have done a mixed half basket with Impatiens Tom Thumb, Busy Lizzies, Petunias, Lobelia and a Pelargonium. Have to see how it turns out !

 

Ah thank you @Anthony Rogers, I'm fairly confident with basket and tubs..... But my new garden well ..... All my posts answer that one

 

I do that Anthony. I decided on Begonias this year but like everything else up here this spring they've been slow to put on growth so aren't ready to plant out yet. Plus the fact, out of necessity (wind) my baskets are screwed to the house walls and I have to use a step stool to plant them up. Perhaps I should get some artificial ones!