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Annual bedding plants produce a riot of colour throughout your garden, lasting right through the summer. They are the perfect plants to create planted containers and patio pots, to plant directly into your garden beds and borders, and of course they make stunning hanging baskets. A beautiful hanging basket is a real must for your summer garden. Easy to plant and satisfying to look after, you will achieve a really fantastic display. The garden centre is bursting at the seams with beautiful bedding at this time of year and there are very many different varieties n 16 | Worcestershire Now | Issue 207 | June 2021
to choose from. If you are planting into containers, window boxes, pots or directly in the ground, you will be looking at upright varieties, such as: Zonal Geranium, Begonia, Bush Fuchsia, Lobelia, Nemesia, Osteospermum, Argyranthemum, Dahlia, Impatiens, Marigold, and Cosmos.
fuchsia; Begonia (choose trailing varieties);
Plus there lots of unusual coloured foliage plants such as Cineraria to add an extra dimension to your planting.
Here is a handy guide to making your own
When it comes to hanging baskets, there are lots of lovely trailing varieties, each with their own range of colours. Some you will have heard of, some may be new to you. Choose from Ivy leaf geranium; Trailing
liner make sure you poke a few holes in the sides
Bacopa; Diascia; Petunia Surfinia, Tumbelina & Calibrachoa; Centradina; andBrachycome. Again, there are lovely foliage plants that will add texture and interest to your basket, such as nepeta and helichrysum.
hanging basket: • If you are using a wicker basket with a plastic of the liner. This allows water to drain through so the plants do not end up waterlogged. CONTINUED OVER THE PAGE
