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Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: slinky on September 17, 2007, 14:28

Title: trailing plants
Post by: slinky on September 17, 2007, 14:28

ive got a plant trough that im going to put above my front door,and i want some plants that will hang down from it.its full sun all day.but i dont know what plants to get.any suggestions???

Title: trailing plants
Post by: muntjac on September 17, 2007, 14:42

summer plants wil need putting out in spring and there are loads to choose from .no real winter plants for baskets i know of as they dry out and get wind frost bitten :)

Title: trailing plants
Post by: pepper on September 17, 2007, 19:22

The only Winter trailing plants I know suitable for troughs, baskets etc are ivies but there are several other plants you can use for your troughs.
I've just planted two baskets with two kinds of ivy, winter flowering heathers, a small skimmia japonica, winter flowering violas and pansies and a Gaultheria. Underneath them all I have planted miniature daffs for next Spring. There are also those Ornamental cabbages available now.

Title: trailing plants
Post by: slinky on September 18, 2007, 14:34

i was thinking ivies too.can you get lots of different ones though???

Title: trailing plants
Post by: pepper on September 18, 2007, 19:29

Oh yes, there are lots of different types although not all are fully hardy. You will get a choice of at least two or three at Garden Centres.