DIY Garden
Planting a hanging basket
Hanging baskets give more definition to your garden; if you have a small garden then having a hanging basket gives you more scope for having flowers in your garden. They are easy to use and easy to look after, below are instructions to help you plat a hanging basket.
There are a number of different sized baskets available, the larger the basket the more plant you can have in it, however make sure the basket isn’t too big for your size of garden you don’t want it to dominate your wall.
The basket needs to be lined you can either use a commercially available liner or moss, both available from garden centres. The basket needs to be lined with one inch of liner above the top of the basket. Then half fill with compost; add water retention granules and slow release fertiliser and mix well into the compost.
The basket is now ready to fill. You need to have set out, plants which are to go around the sides of the basket and plants which go on the top. For the side plants, make a small hole in the liner or moss and insert plant root first through the hole, making sure the roots are sitting right in the compost.
Once you have placed the side plants, you need to add more compost to about one inch from the top, with it right into the edges of the basket sides. Starting from the centre you can now add the main plants that go on top, working your way out, firming down the compost as you go. Make sure the compost slopes into the centre of the basket, this will aid watering.
Now that your basket is full, your liner or compost will have shrunk in to fit the basket from the weight, now you can neatly trim the edges for a tidy finish. You now need to hang your basket in a greenhouse or conservatory to grow and fill out. The basket will need to be hardened before you place it outside on its bracket.
Hanging Basket
Picture courtesy of DaveCrosby
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