Gardening & Exterior Design

Hanging Basket Plants Ideas

by Paul Ciocoiu · August 10, 2015

A hanging basket always finds its place, on a terrace, balcony or even inside. It adds beauty and harmony to any corner of the home, bringing nature closer when space doesn’t allow other gardening options. The houses displaying those beautiful hanging baskets have always had that friendly, open and natural air, catching the eye immediately with the stunning floral and color mosaic. If you want nature to hang at your windows, than go for these hanging basket plants ideas:

Petunia is also among the flowers that love full sun and heat and can be easily grown in beds or in containers. Moreover, it blooms all year round in colors full of vitality, bringing a fresh look to the places it adorns.

Hanging basket plants ideas – petunias

Impatiens also range among the best flowering indoor plants. The plant which, in the folk tradition, brings joy and fruit in the house, blooms from spring to autumn and loves shady and moist places. It is very easy to grow and maintain.

Hanging basket plants ideas – impatiens

Lobelias are flowers that grow in a bushy style are great as they help fill your hanging baskets. Choose ornamental and medicinal lobelias, bushy types, for bright splashes of color, ranging from blue, violet, to white and purple. Blue flower lobelia is the most common species.

Hanging basket plants ideas – lobelias

Next on our list are the ivy-leaved Pelargoniums which are perfect for hanging baskets. As they grow downwards they hide the hanging basket, a beautiful picture which can enliven any corner of the house, inside or outside. Pelargoniums come in 250 different species which bloom in rich flower bundles.

Hanging basket plants ideas – pelargoniums

Fuchsia is considered one of the most shade tolerant flowers so it is one of the best option for indoor spaces. It is also one of the most colorful flowers. In warm climate areas fuchsia grows in the garden, but in a temperate climate it can be often found in pots. It only needs shade and moist soil to bloom all summer.

Hanging basket plants ideas – fuchsia

Last, but not least, Chrysanthemum which, in the NASA studies, is listed as an air-purifying champion, removing ammonia, benzene, formaldehyde, and xylene from indoor air, so it has a double role, other than adorning terraces and other spaces. Popular and inexpensive at garden stores, they can be planted outside after they’re finished blooming. Perfect for hanging baskets which can be kept outside even as the cold weather starts settling in.