How We Make Hanging Baskets On The Nursery
Here we make a hanging basket from scratch, showing each stage, with a little explanation about some of the plants and why we choose them.
These baskets flower from mid-May until the first frost of the year, around the end of October in the UK. The "secret" to getting and keeping them large and healthy is lots of water and lots of food. We use an automated watering system on a timer to make sure they always have enough to drink, and never rely on the rain to water them enough! Later in the season, if the foliage starts to yellow slightly, we apply a foliar feed in the form of soluble Miracle Gro. Deadheading the flowers, including the seed pods where you can will prolong the flowering period too. Got any tips? Please share.
With thanks to my mum who taught me how to make these in the late 80's :)
EDIT: Here are the type of plants we typically use in baskets like these.
Bottom Layer: Trailing Nepeta and Lysimachia Aureum (Creeping Jenny)
Middle layer: Lobelia Waterfall, trailing Verbena, trailing Nemesia, Brachyscome (Surdaisy), Scaevola,
Surfinia or trailing Petunia - Look for plants with a trailing or semi-trailing habit, you want a couple in the middle layer at least to be semi-trailing, and space them equally about the basket.
Top Layer: Central upright small fuchsia like Tom West or Tom Thumb, 2 X short stem geraniums and 3X trailing geraniums, trailing fushsias, we like the (Buds of May series), 4 x Surfinias, which are trailing petunias, 3 or 4 Calibrachoa, which are also known as Million Bells, maybe another Brachyscome, or a trailing begonia. The thing to do is aim for a central dome shape and trailing edges to get a nice full shape. Don't get too hung up on colours, just go for what you like :)
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Created 4 pots this Spring using your video for instructions, WOW! The pots turned out beautiful, now we are into September, they are so full & still blooming profusely. Thank You for your simple timely instructions. I may never plant an ordinary hanging pot again. Was looking to see if I could send photo, but do not see that option. Thanks for sharing! 💜
Thanks for showing me how to plant the baskets properly, for years I've been putting plants into the top
Im lucky enough to live close i bought two this year they are stunning and worth every single penny
I made a basket that came out beautifully using corrugated cardboard on the sides. It worked so well, I am going to grow potatoes in a laundry hamper, and layer my potatoes to come out the sides but keep the compost in with the corrugated board, which I wet first and it shapes beautifully, composts quickly and is inexpensive.
In my youth I worked in a greenhouse making hanging baskets for the early and late season sales. Every time I was given a wire basket by a customer, I used to dread it. Had I seen this vlog I would have done a better job. A lining of Pro-Mix or Garden Compost bale is a brilliant idea! Now the 3 wire baskets I was given at my retirement will be filled with Proven Winner plugs this summer! Thanks for this tutorial!
Thank you so much for taking the time to show us the process in such careful detail!
Would love to see time lapse and final result of the basket you made
Thank you. I've wanted to learn how to plant hanging baskets for public spaces. I love horticulture.😊
Tim, you succeeded in getting me to have a go from scratch without any gardening skills. I’m looking after my 91 year old mum and thought I’d brighten up the place for her. Thanks to your how-to video I’ve only gone and made not 1, not 2, but count ‘em 8 14 inch hanging baskets! 6 weeks in now and I’m frankly astonished at the results they just keep on giving more and more.
After watching this I don’t think you charge enough for this basket! 😊 this was so helpful. Thank you very much for taking such pains to record and share this with us! Really appreciate it. ❤
Lovely!! Thank you, for taking the time to patiently teach and to share your expertise.
Now I know where I have been going wrong wow I am so glad I watched you plant this hanging basket wow thank you xx
Thanks for the great advice. Suggestion for the next video, turn the camera into landscape format.
Thank you for being so detailed and explaining why you put certain plants where you did. I now feel more confident about making replanting my hanging basket.
I appreciate you showing your technique for doing a hanging basket. You put a lot of variety in your baskets. The picture of a basket in full bloom is beautiful.
Great video. It would have been nice to add a pic of the finished basket a few weeks later in it's full glory
Your voice is so pleasing to the ear, kept my attention without being loud. I never knew this much work and thought went into a basket. But it soooo worth it. You've inspired me to try or at least more appreciative when I buy one. Lovely!
I really appreciate this lesson and the three layers,I am preparing to do my hanging baskets and now that I know to layer will make a huge difference.Thanking you kindly.
Wonderful, thank you so much for the list of plants used in the layers! I would love to see the full grown update - I will check out your other videos and look for one. :) Great work!
I would love to see this baskets progress in a month