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

They look beautiful Shiney

 

Hi Shiney

Your baskets are beautiful. I can never get trailing Lobelia like that.

 

I enclose a recent photo of one of my hanging baskets, only because I want to show that there are indeed DWARF lupins! The flower spire is 6".

When I first joined here and said I got some plug lupins for my hanging baskets, there was some scepticism that lupins could be this size. There is a dwarf fuschia there too, coming out. (No doubt it looks far too wild for most but I am a naturalistic gardener).

 

getting bigger 15 July

 

Hi Spruce,

They're stunning, I prefer the cascading Begonias to the big blousey ones.

 

thank you , so easy as long as you feed them regularly which is Sunday & Thursday , they are self deadheading and will flower well into October and a new variety to me , Begonia Million Kisses Devotion, and it gets a from Spruce and from the neighbours

 

And from me.
If I can find them I'll probably get those next year.

 

Brookside Nursey I think it was @HarryS that mentioned it before, you can order the week you want them to arrive , not like the big company's plus I think if you order early (Jan & Feb) its free P&P

 

Love the Begonias Spruce.

 

How many do you need for a wall basket like yours ?

 

the Begonia Sutherlandii and Lobelia wall basket is full on now


Jenny

 

Hello all,

I am a keen gardener but am quite new to this window box area within it, we have some very neglected window boxes that I am quite keen to get back to the living.

Does anyone have any tips? As I said I am a big novice when it comes to these and the more flowery side of gardening, should I replace the soil completely? Are there better soils to work within confined spaces or will this not make any difference? Which flowers will be best and easiest to get going with?

Any help welcomed!

Jeff

 

Any help welcomed!

Jeff[/QUOTE]
Good morning Geoff,
to Gardeners Corner. Always best to remove all the old soil and start afresh using Multi Purpose compost . There are still a few "dwarfish" bedding plants about that will provide you with some instant colour but, if you wait a while, the Autumn pansies will soon be available along with cyclamen that will look nice for a few months.
hope you enjoy your time on the Forum,
Jenny namaste