Member Advice on Hanging Baskets

Hanging Baskets are a welcome addition to any garden. You can use them to brighten-up the front- entrance of your house, where they always make the house look welcoming, or around your patio area.They can be planted-up with a wide range of plants to suit every pocket. The Basket. The baskets come in a wide variety of materials, styles and colours - one to suit everybodies garden and colour scheme. I tend to buy the green or black metal baskets, because they will last a long time and are easy to clean at the end of the summer. Also, drainage from these is good - the enclosed baskets can get ... more

The Hanging Basket period is upon us once more and it has become more popular as the years go by. Nearly every house now has some form of basket or window box in there property. I have been making up my own hanging baskets for years now and since I started I have improved no end by making mistakes either with type of basket, compost or choice of plants. First off let me explain the type of hanging baskets you can buy. There are the wicker type which look lovely but the do not weather very well and if left outside over winter are a in a sorry state the following year and I mean the actual ... more