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Hanging baskets liven up porches, entrance
ways, eves and just about anywhere you can hang them bringing bursts of
color to your home, garden & yard.
From classic hanging baskets lined with coco fiber to preformed Angel
Moss lined hanging baskets which are great for side planting, to the
newer more contemporary styles which are hand woven and made out of very
striking combinations of moss, vine, or moss and twig, we have some of
the best baskets around.
We also offer a great range of
replacement liners.
Our parent site
Garden Squirrel.com is all about container gardening and garden
planters.This site however is dedicated to those of us who are just
“nuts” about hanging baskets.
My Hanging Basket Blog
is about how you can get the best
out of your hanging baskets by sharing tips, ideas and inspiration.
Regardless of whether you’re new to this or well and truly a hanging
flower basket / planter addict – we want this site to a place for
sharing ideas and inspiration with other Garden Squirrels who love
growing plants and flowers in hanging baskets as much as we do.
So we’d love to here from you contact us with your own tips and photos.
Mark@gardensquirrel.com
Thanks for visiting us here and for shopping at
Garden Squirrel.com
Our Gallery...
It’s great and inspiring to see photos of other people’s baskets –
its gets you in the mood for planting and is a source of good ideas and
combinations.
If you have any photos of great looking hanging baskets we’d love to
feature them in our hall of fame.
Visit Gallery
Plants for Hanging Baskets...
Were always on the lookout for great plants that work well in Hanging
Baskets and new varieties we can share with you.
Some of our recent additions to our pick of Plants for Planters are:
Begonias
Tuberous Begonias are ideal when Hanging Baskets are in shady spots and
are the splendid showstoppers with their huge double blooms in an array
of dazzling colors including shades of red, orange, pink and pure white.
These superb plants include varieties which grow erect and also
cascading types which are ideal for Hanging Baskets.
New Sun Loving Lobelia
Techno Heat, Lucia and Waterfall are a new lobelia series well worth
considering for your Hanging Baskets or Planters. Their color is a
riveting iridescent blue. Native to Southern Africa, these new
varieties Lucia and Waterfall are more heat tolerant blooming from
spring well into midsummer or even longer.
We have prepared a simple table as a guide to
choosing some great plants for baskets
Learn more about plants for Hanging Baskets.
Planting Recipe...
As part of this we are creating recipes. Not just how-to pages
but we're creating high quality
Hanging Basket videos on YouTube like this one to help you make the
most magnificent Hanging Baskets.
We'll also add recipe pages to this site based on the photos we
receive – so you can learn how to make a similar basket and what plant
combinations were used.
Top 50 Hanging Baskets...
This year we are putting together our Top 50 Hanging Basket Ideas and
Recipes so we can share them – comments are welcome.
Interesting Stuff / New Products...
We are also always on the lookout for new products, new ideas and all
things interesting that are Hanging Basket related. Check out this
"stiff chain" Hanging Basket suspension.
Books & Magazine Reviews…
The
Spring Issue of Proven Beauty for 2010 is now available online –
click here. There is a good article on Earth Day, a feature on
Diamond Frost – a great drought tolerant plant for Hanging Baskets, some
of the new proven winner plants, along with a celebrity interview with
Rebecca Kolls on “Gloves, Gadgets and Garden Gold”
The Squirrels Garden…
Right now we are livening up our own patch – with Tomatoes in hanging
planters, a twist on traditional hanging baskets and we have just
planted some impatiens which are thriving and look great.
Our Summer Road Trip…
This summer we will be on the road on the search for beautiful
hanging baskets. This years road trip will take us from Florida up into
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Hanging Basket Hall
of Fame
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Hanging Basket How-To, Basic
It's easy to create a simple top-planted hanging basket like this one
with spring flowers like pansies, salvia and chrysanthemum
Place hanging basket with coco fiber
liner or moss liner on a table or bench. Add soil and slow release
fertilizer.
Place your plants carefully, not too
close to the rim of the basket.
Add stiff basket chain to make moving
the hanging basket around easier, water and watch it grow.
Learn More about making simple hanging baskets.
Hanging Basket How-To, Advanced
Angel Moss Hanging Baskets permit you
to plant in the sides of the basket as well as on top to create a lush
appearance and nearly obscure the basket with blossoms and leaves
Poke holes in the sides of the moss
when its dry and gently insert the root ball of your seedling.
Wetting the moss makes it expand to grip the plant.
Learn More about making advanced side-planted hanging baskets.
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