Recipes for hanging baskets please?

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As a very unimaginative person, I always put in the same ingredients in my hanging baskets - lobelias, begonias, petunias.. and not even bidens.

Please help fill in the gaps ..
 

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For a 12inc basket I put in 2trailing geraniums, one on both sides. trailing fucshia at the front. Fill in with Erigeron profusion, about 6 plants inbetween the geraniums and fucshia. I don't plant right at the back.
 

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In Florida we always had hanging baskets with cherry and grape tomatoes. They required a lot of upkeep with fertilizer and watering but visitors loved them. They enjoyed it when they could pluck a tomato off and pop it in their mouth.
 

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depends, on in the sun, not in the sun, how much you want to fuss with watering , or not to water much, or tend to pulling off spend flowers etc. or location, want a scent, not a scent. solid color, mixed, dangling some, contract. etc.
 

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I tend to use lobelias, calibrachoa & fuchsias (which arrive a little later than the others & are not yet out in said picture). Also, are we talking full sun?
 

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Amazing! What stunners! And I'm not overusing the word! Simple but effective!

Why thank you Alp for the kind sentiments as always, do you have any pictures of your hanging baskets? I'm sure you're being modest here! (y)
 

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I've Replanted this Balcony So many times This one about 2002 I think was Trailing petunias of different Shades & red Ivy leaf Geraniums with some small Evergreen Conifer's in there somewhere lol
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Why thank you Alp for the kind sentiments as always, do you have any pictures of your hanging baskets? I'm sure you're being modest here! (y)

No. As a said, I am very unimaginative and I need help in this department, as well as in others. I really like that calibrachoa and will look for it when we go to Thurrock again.
 

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I've Replanted this Balcony So many times This one about 2002 I think was Trailing petunias of different Shades & red Ivy leaf Geraniums with some small Evergreen Conifer's in there somewhere lol View attachment 33374

They were on steroids! LOL!
 

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Yes your Right there was a lot of Feeding going on;).........This one was about year 2000 It is Similar with golden marigolds also and Me Dad :) View attachment 33376

Your Dad must be very proud of you. Such a good endless show of flowers! I had one veritable wall of flowers with my son sitting in front of it. He was gorgeous and smiling. Since his secondary school, I have never had a smiling model! LOL!
 

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Forgot to say, now I have NO MODEL at all!:cry::cry::cry:
 

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