Neat Trailing Annuals For Pots

One of the best shade-loving trailing annuals sweet potato vine Ipomoea batatas can be relied upon for adding a bold punch of color to baskets and containers.

Trailing annuals for pots. I use these trailing annuals in hanging baskets or at the edges of containers where they not only tolerate full sun but thrive in it. Million bells is more often grown in containers than in garden soil. Here are 20 flowers that can withstand all the sun and heat that summer brings.

It boasts pendulous bell-shaped flowers in rich shades of rose cream and purple. Spiller plants add a visual drama to any space when you include them in hanging baskets or containers where they flow a green delight of awesomeness to the surroundings. Both types of marigolds grow 12-18 inches tall and are ideal for container culture.

Whether youre creating beautiful planted containers or want to soften the edges of raised garden beds and retaining walls cascading plants are fabulously usefulWith their long trailing stems these are plants that grow naturally as groundcovers but when given a little height will attractively cover the vertical rather than the horizontal. No matter what you call them these lovely growers are eye-catching and give an added element to plantings. Whether spreading out on the ground in the landscape flowing over the side of a container or the final spiller in a hanging basket trailing plants are a must have for gardeners.

In the garden I think of them as ground covers while the container world calls them spillers. Trailing annual flowers are a great idea to choose for edgings or borders hanging pots retaining walls and window boxes. The flowers are often bicolour.

This sun-tolerant begonia is so reliable that I buy a dozen at a time when I see it appear in nurseries. A staple of hanging containers and other planters for many years fuchsia is a hummingbird magnet. Although they mix well with other subjects trailing fuchsias lend themselves to solo planting.

Its a fine gardening project that results to a more attractive view whether you are having a makeover at your yard or planning to add more plants around your house for beautification. While chartreuse varieties may be the most well-known there are also beautiful bronze and black options to choose from with habits that vary from modest to extra-long trailers and. These annual plants do best in partial shade as they dont like overly hot growing conditions.