Tips
Beautifully luxuriant basket displays require some regular care to stay at their best.
Plant up with a good quality container compost which has added moisture holding compounds and slow-release fertilizer.
Then follow these tips.
FEEDING
Add slow-release fertilizer at planting time.
In midsummer, start adding liquid feed for flowering containers fortnightly.
The equipment is attached to the wall bracket and the basket hooks on the other end.
#1.
UP
Hang the basket at a height where you could reach the base.
#2.
DOWN
The basket pulls down so you might water, feed, and dead-head your plants with ease.
DROUGHT-TOLERANT
These plants are survivors.
Plant them with loam-based compost and water-retaining gel crystals.
FOLIAGE FALLBACK
Basket flowers often bloom in phases, so add variegated and colored foliage plants too.
#1.
Reservoir
Place a plastic pot saucer or even an old ceramic one in the basket base.
#2.
Gel Crystals
EMERGENCY RESCUE
Plunge a wilted basket in a bowl or sink of water overnight.
It may float and need holding down initially.
After recovery, cut out any dead stems and dead-head spent blooms.
