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Trailing geraniums hanging baskets. Ivy Geraniums Common garden geraniums Pelargonium x hortorum are upright plants that are usually planted in pots window boxes or in the ground. Water your geraniums every week during the winter months until the soil is evenly. Geraniums are a classic for hanging baskets.
Trim your hanging geranium plant down to 3 or 4 inches before the first frost. Depending on the size of your hanging basket select 2 or 3 stems and snap off 13 of the length growing tip towards the basket then 2 weeks later prune 2 or 3 different long branches. Not only is a neat and tidy hanging basket aesthetically pleasing it is also important for the health of the geranium plant.
These are trailing geraniums that tumble happily out of hanging baskets or containers to form cascades of flowers and foliage. Ivy geraniums can grow up to three feet wideor trail that far out of pots. Ivy Geranium Toro Lilac also known as Pelargonium peltatum Toro Lilac.
Httpbitly2UJcInGJeff demonstrates how to plant trailing geraniums for summer container displays. Lining the hanging basket. Remove any dry or dying leaves.
Fuchsia Fuchsia Tom Thumb Stand Out Feature. A general rule of thumb when planting a hanging basket is to use one plant per inch of basket diameter - so 12 plants per 30cm 12 hanging basket. Of Baskets Color Total Cost Red and Purple Lobularia shadesun No.
Suspend the basket in a plant pot to make planting up the sides easier and add a coir liner preferably one with holes in the sides. In this case it is best to only use 5 plants per 30cm 12 hanging basket. Bring it indoors to a room where temperature does not fall below freezing.