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This hanging basket is perfect for sun to part shade and as the season progresses, becomes more lush and full.
Supplies:
22" diameter hanging basket
Sheet moss - either harvested or purchased
Potting Soil
Trowel
Gloves
Clothes Pins
Mix and match with your favorite annuals and perennials
Annuals
Coleus
Impatients
Snapdragons
Begonias
Trailing Ivy Geraniums
Nasturtium
Hyacinth Bean Vine
Sweet Potato Vine
Perennials
English Boxwood
Yellow Daylily
Royal Burgundy Barberry
Hostas
Small Alberta Spruce
Astilbe
Ferns
Steps Completely line the basket with sheet moss and allow about 2" of moss to extend over the lip of the basket. Clip the excess moss with clothes pins to keep it in place while you are planting.
Add potting soil to 1/2 of the basket.
Remove the perennials from their containers. Gently remove excess soil from the root system. This will allow more room.
Evenly place the perennials at the edge of the basket, around the perimiter, so that they cascade over the edge.
Add Coleus in the center of the basket. Add the remaining coleus and impatients in the empty spots. Add additional soil as needed.
Remove the clothes pins and tuck the excess moss back into the basket.
Tips:
Keep basket well watered.
The Barberry is effective in keeping squirrels away.
Remove any dead growth as necessary.
At the end of the season, transition the Boxwood, Daylilies, Barberry and Hostas into your garden. Boxwoods transition well into containers and will winter-over nicely.
