How to plant hanging baskets ... Surfinia petunias, trailing fuchsias, ... A 50/50 mix of multi-purpose compost and a loam-based soil works well for nutrient retention and moisture control.

Hanging baskets are available in a wide variety of materials, including plastic, wood, metal, pottery and metal or wire baskets fitted with flexible liners, coco-fiber mats or sphagnum moss.

I'd also suggest starting with fresh, good-quality, light-weight potting mix each season, if you aren't doing that. And most commercially cared-for hanging baskets get a dilute fertilizer every ...

You can't go wrong with a basket full of just Million Bells, either all one color or a mix of colors, especially if you want to attract pollinators to your yard.That's far from the only way to use ...

Surfinia petunias, trailing fuchsias, ... Hanging baskets dry out quickly, ... A 50/50 mix of multi-purpose compost and a loam-based soil works well for nutrient retention and moisture control.

As The Garden Corner's hanging basket queen, Karen Tasker creates well over 1,000 each year, many of them to line streets in a dozen cities, from Lake Oswego to Portland's Brewery Blocks to Gresham.

You’ll pay more for them (often $4 to $6 per four-inch pot), but one plant can easily fill an 18-inch pot in a matter of weeks. Supertunias are some of the best, but just about any petunia sold ...

In spring, gardeners are like kids in the proverbial candy store.

A hanging basket filled with a profusion of flowers or foliage is a delight. It’s the type of container gardening which offers an element of charm to any patio, deck, or indoors.