Winter Hanging Basket Plants
Stand out from your neighbours and shun the misery of the winter weather this year and adorn the exterior of your house with winter hanging baskets. Why should we invest all of our gardening spirit into the summer months, when every season has plenty to offer? After all, we all need cheering up this time of year.
Below is a list of plants for winter hanging baskets. The mixing and matching of varieties, I leave up to you, but you may find a few species that you would not usually associate with hanging baskets, winter or ‘the usual suspects’ of many a gardening article.
Plants to try this winter
- Ajuga
- Carex
- Crocus
- Curry plant (Helichrysum italicum)
- Cyclamen
- Dwarf narcissi (daffodil) ‘Tete a Tete’
- Euonymus
- Festuca glucus
- Gaultherias
- Heather (Calluna requires ericaceous compost)
- Hebes
- Iris (dwarf)
- Lamium
- Pansies & Violas
- Polyanthus
- Primulas
- Rosemary
- Sedum Rose Carpet
- Skimmia Japonica Rubella
- Snowdrops
- Stachys byzantina (lanata)
- Thyme
- Trailing Ivy (Hedera)
- Dwarf Tulips
- Uncinia Rubra (Red Grass)
- Winter cherry (Solanum pseudocapsicum)
Hanging Basket Advice
- Use a good multipurpose compost. Ericaceous if using Culluna Heathers.
- Pack your plants closer together than you would normally as plants grow slower during the winter months.
- Ensure that the winter hanging basket is well drained – Don’t water during cold damp weather to prevent the roots freezing
- Line the insides of your winter hanging baskets with news paper or garden fleece to protect roots from frost damage.
- During exceptionally cold, wet or windy weather, it might be a good idea to keep your winter hanging baskets under shelter.
- Dead head flowering plants such as pansies, violas and cyclamen to encourage more flower production.
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