Good hanging plants for full sun
15 Hanging Plants for Full Sun — Bustling Nest
Do you have a spot in your backyard or on your patio you’re looking to decorate with a hanging plant? Or maybe even a window indoors that has too much light for many houseplants? If so, this list of hanging plants will be helpful! All of the following plants thrive in full sun locations and work well indoors or outside.
Benefits of Hanging Plants that Require Full Sun
Areas of your yard or garden that are baked with more than eight hours of bright sunlight every day can often be a little too harsh for many plants. Thankfully, though, many hanging plants thrive in the sunlight. They also offer other benefits besides bringing color to the space.
- Hanging baskets are easy to change from year to year, giving you variety and allowing you to try new plants.
- Vining plants are great for creating shade or privacy screens on your deck or patio.
- Plants are easy to relocate into different spots when they need a break from the heat.
- You can grow plants that aren’t suitable for your climate and bring them inside to overwinter.
Special Considerations For Hanging Plants Grown in Full Sun
- Hanging baskets dry out quicker than in-ground plants, so they need water more frequently.
- With a limited amount of soil to hold nutrients, you need to fertilize the plants more often.
- The potting soil in containers gets warmer than raised beds or the ground, so you need to be mindful of using planters that can absorb heat and create a microclimate that damages the roots.
- When the sunlight is the most intense during the late afternoon, it can scorch plants, even if they thrive in full sun.
Hanging Plants That Thrive in Full Sun
All of the following plants on this list grow well as annuals. To keep everything easy to understand, the USDA hardiness zone information listed is for growing the plant as a perennial to keep everything easy to understand. In cooler climates, you can bring plants indoors, nurse them through the winter, or discard them and replant them the following spring.
1. Lantana (
Lantana camara)USDA Zones: 7 to 11
A member of the verbena family, cheerful flower clusters on lantana plants bloom nonstop from spring to fall in Northern climates and nearly year-round in water climates. Flowers come in a rainbow of multiple hues or single colors, depending upon the species. Plants are considered invasive in areas, so growing them in containers keeps them from spreading and taking over.
2. Petunias (
Petunia × hybrida)USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Petunias are a classic plant for adding color to hanging baskets, especially if wave petunias are used to cascade over the sides. Some may feel they are over-rated, but the truth is they are great if you want colorful plants for full sun. A bonus is they are available in almost every color and various flower sizes.
3. String of Pearls (
Senecio rowleyanus)USDA Zones: 9 to 12
String of Pearls plants grow quickly and do well both indoors and outside in containers or hanging baskets. Tiny pea-shaped leaves grow on long trailing stems that spill over the sides of their container. Plants can put on 12-15” of growth every year and propagate easily via stem cuttings. They may produce small white flowers that smell like cinnamon when grown outdoors.
4. Bougainvillea (
Bougainvillea spp.)USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Typically grown as beautiful climbing vines, dwarf bougainvilleas are great options for hanging baskets as it contains them into a space. These popular evergreen vines usually come in purple or red blooms, but new cultivars are becoming available in white, yellow, orange, and apricot. The tough-as-nails bougainvillea puts on a spectacular color show.
5. Portulaca (
Portulaca grandiflora)USDA Zones: N/A
Portulaca is a small succulent that is consistently grown as an annual plant. These fast-growing plants have long branched stems that grow upright or will drape over the sides of hanging baskets. Flowers in bright reds, pinks, yellows, or white don’t open when it’s rainy or cloudy and close from sunset to sunrise.
6. Air Plant (
Tillandsia spp.)USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Many people don’t think air plants are good options for hanging baskets, but certain varieties work really well. Species with thicker, full leaves can tolerate full sun because they hold moisture better. A stylish air plant is easy to care for and makes a lovely display when grown in wire or macrame hangers.
7. Spider Plant (
Chlorophytum comosum)USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Spider plants are most commonly grown indoors as houseplants, but they make beautiful hanging plants outside in warmer areas. They love the full sun and are easy to grow. Their minimalist foliage is either bright green or variegated with green and white stripes. It gets its common name from the spiderette “babies” that hang down from long stems.
8. Madagascar Jasmine (
Stephanotis floribunda)USDA Zones: 10 to 11
The Madagascar jasmine produces delicate white flowers in the spring, summer, and fall, adding an intoxicating fragrance to your indoor or outdoor space. This beautiful hanging plant is often called a waxflower or bridal wreath. As a woody evergreen vine, it can be trained to grow up a trellis or drape from a basket.
9. Burro’s Tail (
Sedum morganianum)USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Burro’s tail is a succulent perennial, sometimes known as a “donkey tail” plant, with trailing stems growing up to two feet long. Their fleshy, thick leaves allow them to retain moisture for long stretches, so they are incredibly drought-tolerant. Foliage in shades of blue-green gives way to pink or red flowers in the summer.
10. Purple Heart Plant (
Tradescantia pallida ‘Purpurea’)USDA Zones: 7 to 11
With stunning foliage in bright purple and clusters of tiny pink flowers on trailing stems, purple heard plants look fantastic when added to baskets with plants in neutral color schemes. They love to be in hanging planters where they can get full sun and grow full and bushy when you pinch the plant’s stems back.
11.
Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima)USDA Zones:
Sweet alyssum is commonly used as edging plants or “filler” plants in containers. Their dainty white, cream, pink, or purple blossoms have made them a long-time favorite with gardeners. Blooms have a light honey-scented fragrance and draw all kinds of pollinators to your yard. This older variety blooms abundantly in spring and fall, taking a break during the heat of summer.
12. Sweet Potato Vine (
Ipomoea batatas)USDA Zones: 8 to 11
While the sweet potato vine doesn’t produce edible tubers like its cousin, it is often grown as an ornamental plant because of its vining habit and attractive leaves. Its foliage comes in a range of colors (blue, green, purple, and burgundy) and forms, making the plant a classic in containers and baskets. Plants love lots of sun and heat.
13. Sun Coleus (
Solenostemon scutellarioides)USDA Zones: 10 to 11
Another immensely popular container plant, the sun coleus, comes in a wide range of leaf shapes, colors, and sizes. Plants are easy to grow, and their stunning foliage always looks great. The gorgeous velvety leaves are usually multi-hued in combinations of burgundy, bright red, pink, yellows, green, brown, and bronze, with contrasting colors on the leaf margin and midrib.
14. Black-Eyed Susan Vine (
Thunbergia alata)USDA Zones: 10 to 11
Unlike the traditional black-eyed Susan that creates clumps of upright stems, the black-eyed Susan vine is a climbing or vining plant known to grow eight feet in length. It blooms nonstop through the growing season. Flowers almost look daisy-like at a distance—commonly in shades of white, yellow, red, or orange—and have the iconic brownish-purple center disk.
15. Mandevilla (
Mandevilla spp.)USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Also known as the rocktrumpet, mandevilla is a classic tropical vine with big, showy blooms in shades of pink, red, white, and apricot. These low-maintenance plants thrive in containers, adding a splash of vibrant, tropical color to any vertical garden space. It’s commonly grown as an annual but is a frost-tender perennial plant blooming from late spring until the fall frost.
30 Best Hanging Basket Flowers for Sun
Last Updated on August 9, 2022
Putting together a hanging basket full of flowers can be a lot of fun.
One of the first things to consider is where you will be hanging your basket. If your hanging basket location will be getting part to full sun exposure, this list is for you. We put together this list of flowering plants that grow best in part to full sun.
Hanging your basket in a shady spot? Check out our list of shade-loving plants for hanging baskets.
With hanging baskets, you have many options for plants, including spillers and fillers. The combination makes for a beautiful display. For that reason, we grouped our “spillers” together in this list (#21 to #27).
The remaining plants, the fillers, pair well with these spillers. In most cases, you can also simply grow only “filler” plants in your hanging basket and avoid any spillers (although spillers are very popular for hanging baskets).
All of the flowers listed here can be grown as an annual in central PA and other northern regions in the United States. Check your plant’s tag for specific plant care instructions.
One last note: It’s important that you keep your hanging plants well-watered if it’s going to be in full sun. You can check if the plant needs to be watered by lifting the basket from underneath (it’ll feel noticeably light if it needs to be watered) or feeling the surface level of potting soil (the top inch of soil should be moist).
Now, on to our list! Below you’ll find our favorite 30 flowers for hanging baskets.
To jump to a specific plant on this list, click a link below:
- Ivy geraniums
- Lobelia
- Lantana
- Begonias
- Scaevola
- Black Eyed Susan Vine
- Petunias
- Calibrachoa
- Alyssum
- Pansies
- Portulaca
- Geraniums
- Sunpatiens
- Hens & Chicks
- Marigolds
- Verbena
- Vinca
- Dianthus
- Osteospermums
- Sun Coleus
- Nierembergia (Cup Flower)
- Diamond Series
- Bacopa
- Creeping Jenny
- Sweet Potato Vine
- Ivy
- Dichondra
- Vegetables
- Mandevillas
- Herbs
1.
Ivy Geranium- Sun exposure: Full sun
- Mature size: 12-30 inches
- Popular colors: Pink, red, salmon & white
2. Lobelia
- Sun exposure: Part sun to full sun
- Mature size: 6-9 inches
- Popular colors: Blue, pink, purple, white, cherry-red (depends on the variety of lobelia)
3. Lantana
- Sun exposure: Full sun
- Mature size: Up to 6 feet spread & height (depends on the variety of lantana)
- Popular colors: Mix of orange, red, yellow, blue, white, pink
4. Begonias
- Sun exposure: Full sun or full shade (depends on the variety of begonia)
- Mature size: 6-18 inches
- Popular colors: Red, pink, salmon, yellow, and many more!
5.
Fan Flower (Scaevola)- Sun exposure: Part sun to full sun
- Mature size: 6-12 inches tall, up to 2 feet spread
- Popular colors: Blue, purple, white, pink
6. Black Eyed Susan Vine
- Sun exposure: Part sun to full sun
- Mature size: 3-8 feet high, 3-6 feet spread
- Popular colors: Red, orange, yellow, white
7. Petunias
- Sun exposure: Full sun
- Mature size: 6-24 inches tall, up to 3 feet spread
- Popular colors: Pink, purple, yellow, and many more!
Some popular petunias for hanging baskets include Supertunias or wave petunias. Curious about the difference between these two types of petunias? Here’s a quick guide.
8. Calibrachoa (Million Bells)
- Sun exposure: Part sun to full sun
- Mature size: 6-12 inches tall, 12-24 inches spread (depends on the variety of calibrachoa)
- Popular colors: Coral, yellow, orange, red, pink, blue, purple, and many more!
9.
Sweet Alyssum- Sun exposure: Part sun to full sun (alyssum may not bloom as much with little sun)
- Mature size: 4-6 inches tall, 6-9 inches spread
- Popular colors: White, pink, purple
10. Pansies
- Sun exposure: Part sun to full sun
- Mature size: 4-8 inches tall, 4-6 inches spread
- Popular colors: White, yellow, purple, blue (depends on variety of the pansy)
11. Portulaca
- Sun exposure: Full sun
- Mature size: 3-9 inches tall, 6-12 inches spread
- Popular colors: White, red, pink, orange, yellow (depending on the variety of portulaca)
12. Geraniums
- Sun exposure: Part sun to full sun
- Mature size: 5-36 inches tall (depending on variety of geranium)
- Popular colors: Red, pink, orange, salmon, white, bi-colors, purple
13.
Sunpatiens- Sun exposure: Part sun to full sun
- Mature size: 18-48 inches tall
- Popular colors: Pink, red, white, and many more! (depends on the variety of Sunpatiens)
14. Hens & Chicks
- Sun exposure: Part sun to full sun
- Mature size: 3-6 inches tall, 6-12 inches spread
- Popular colors: Link pink to reddish-purple hues, green
15. Marigolds
- Sun exposure: Full sun
- Mature size: 4-36 inches tall, 6-18 inches wide
- Popular colors: Yellow, orange, white, red, gold, bi-color
16. Verbena
- Sun exposure: Full sun
- Mature size: Up to 12 inches tall, 18 inches spread (depends on variety of verbena)
- Popular colors: Red, purple, pink, peach, white, and many more!
17.
Vinca- Sun exposure: Part sun to full sun
- Mature size: 6-18 inches tall, 6-18 inches spread
- Popular colors: White, pink, red
18. Dianthus
- Sun exposure: Full sun
- Mature size: 5 inches to 3 feet tall (depends on variety)
- Popular colors: White, lilac, red, pink
19. Osteospermum (African Daisies)
- Sun exposure: Full sun
- Mature size: 12-36 inches tall, 12-24 inches wide
- Popular colors: Yellow, pink, purple, bi-color, and many more!
20. Sun Coleus
- Sun exposure: Part sun to full sun
- Mature size: 6-36 inches tall, 6-36 inches spread
- Popular colors: Variety of multi-color leafs (depending on the variety of sun coleus)
21. Nierembergia (Cup Flower)
- Sun exposure: Full sun
- Mature size: 6-12 inches, up to 2 feet spread
- Popular colors: White, purple, blue
22.
Diamond Series (Proven Winners)- Sun exposure: Full sun
- Mature size: 12-36 inches tall, 12-36 inches spread
- Popular colors: White
23. Bacopa (Water Hyssop)
- Sun exposure: Part sun to full sun
- Mature size: Up to 12 inches tall and spread
- Popular colors: White, light pink (depends on the variety of bacopa)
24. Creeping Jenny
- Sun exposure: Full shade to full sun (creeping jenny is very easy care)
- Mature size: 2-4 inches tall, 12-18+ inches spread
- Popular colors: Light yellow (in sun) to dark green (in shade)
25. Sweet potato vine
- Sun exposure: Part sun to full sun
- Mature size: 6-16 inches tall, up to 10 feet vine spread
- Popular colors: Yellow, black foliage (depends on the variety of sweet potato vine)
26.
Ivy- Sun exposure: Part sun to full sun
- Mature size: 6-8 inches, up to 15 feet vine spread
- Popular colors: Green, yellowish-green, bi-color
27. Dichondra
- Sun exposure: Part sun to full sun
- Mature size: 2 inches tall, 3-4 feet vine spread
- Popular colors: Silver, green
28. Certain Vegetables (tomatoes, strawberries, etc.)
- Sun exposure: Part sun to full sun
- Mature size: Varies
- Popular colors: Varies
29. Mandevillas
- Sun exposure: Full sun
- Mature size: 15-20 feet spread
- Popular colors: Red, white, apricot (depending on the variety of mandevilla)
30. Herbs
- Sun exposure: Part sun to full sun
- Mature size: Varies depending on the herb
- Popular colors: Different hues of green
Sun-loving garden plants: perennial and annual flowers, shrubs and trees
The sun is essential for plant life. But the rule “the more the better” does not always work. A site that is completely open to the sun's rays has a number of disadvantages. Mastering it is not so easy. Not all plants are suitable for this location. Let's figure out what moments it is important not to miss when planting flowers and shrubs in the sun, and what types to choose for an open space.
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Advantages and disadvantages of a sunny site
The main advantages of a place exposed to the sun is good warming, due to which quite heat-loving plants can grow here. A large amount of sunlight creates good conditions for plant nutrition and is suitable for many flowering species. The sun's rays dry the soil and leaves well, acting as a natural disinfectant. Due to this, there is a much lower chance of developing putrefactive processes and fungal diseases than in damp shady areas. This creates favorable conditions for the good development of many species, but also turns into a number of problems that will require attention.
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Things to consider when planting plants in the sun
1. Intense heating leads to overdrying of the soil and burns. Not all plants can endure a dry and hot microclimate. They tolerate such conditions well even without additional measures:
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- Succulents store moisture in thick fleshy leaves and stems.
- Plants with pubescent leaves - this surface reduces moisture loss. Plant a cleaner (Stachys), a sapling (Cerastium), anafalis (Anaphalis).
- Species with silvery and dove-colored leaves - it contributes to less heating. Most of them acquire this color just due to whitish pubescence. To create a silvery flower garden, wormwood is suitable: Steller (Artemisia stellerana), Schmidt (Artemisia schmidtiana) and others, seaside cineraria (Cineraria maritima), panicled gypsophila (Gypsophila paniculata), pinnate carnation (Dianthus plumarius) and other carnations.
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- Plants with thin and small leaves - they have less evaporation area. These are the majority of cereals and conifers.
- Bulb Plants - The bulb also serves as a store of moisture and nutrients.
Most of the steppe and desert plants have just such qualities, sometimes several of them at once.
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To expand the range of species and make an open sunny place more comfortable, it is worth artificially adjusting the humidity balance. A well-thought-out automatic watering system will help ensure the regularity of watering. When choosing its type, keep in mind that sprinkling in an open sunny place can only be done in the early morning (before sunrise) and late evening hours. Otherwise, drops of water that will settle on the plants will cause burns.
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A pond or fountain will help increase the overall humidity in an open area. When placing the pond in the sun, count on the fact that you will have to control its overgrowth - aquatic plants will develop especially intensively. Creating artificial water movement will help solve this problem. For a fountain, a sunny spot is the best position. Light and water jets will decorate the space with moving highlights, and the smallest drops will increase humidity. But when placing plants, be aware of the drift of water by the wind - arrange flower beds so that water does not moisten the leaves.
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2. In sunny areas, snow melts earlier in spring. This may seem like an advantage, but it actually poses a danger to the plants. They are exposed ahead of time and lose their snow protection at a time when the air temperature is still low and there is a threat of frost. In such places, many plants will need additional protection. However, there is a risk here too: shelters in a sunny place get very warm and the plants can dry out. In such cases, it is especially important to regulate the temperature under the shelters by ventilation, that is, spring worries are added.
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3. The significant contrast between day and night temperatures also poses a threat. In a sunny place, it is especially sharp. And it's not just about early spring. In our far from southern regions, the period of cold nights lasts as early as early June and returns as early as August. Many thermophilic plants suffer from such a temperature contrast. In addition to choosing zoned varieties, placing flower beds near walls that accumulate heat and then give it away will help. Large stones will also help with this: rockery is a good choice for a sunny flower garden.
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4. Due to temperature contrasts, spring protection against burns should be taken especially seriously. Conifers in open areas suffer greatly from the active sun, combined with still low temperatures.
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5. Many thermophilic species are afraid of drafts. Cold winds are detrimental to them. Therefore, a sunny flower garden should be protected from the wind. This will help placing it under the cover of walls or arrays of shrubs. Protecting the entire area with hedges also helps.
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Tip: To expand your planting options for a sunny flower garden, consider protecting species that like good light but suffer from overheating during the midday hours. Plant them under cover of tall sun-loving plant species - on their northern side. They will shade the neighbors during the hottest hours.
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With these risks and protective measures in place, a sunny location allows for a bright and lush flower garden with a long flowering period. Many sun-loving plants for the garden - perennial and annual flowers, shrubs and others - look very unusual and even exotic. And the range of species suitable for active sun is quite wide. To create a memorable and harmonious composition in a sunny place, you can use one of several scenarios that are different in their imagery.
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1. Rosary
An open sunny place is necessary for growing roses. In order for plants to be healthy and bloom intensively (after all, this is why we love roses), they need enough light and good nutrition. No matter what forms and varieties we are talking about, a sunny location will be optimal. However, when creating a rose garden in our latitudes, you will have to remember all the safety measures that I have listed: winter shelter, sufficient humidity and protection from the wind. If you supplement them with the basic requirements of agricultural technology - nutritious soil, respect for planting distances and proper pruning, then the rose garden in a sunny area will be able to show all its beauty.
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the plot is a good opportunity to create a Mediterranean-style garden with bright colors and southern relaxation. Sun-loving plants typical of the Mediterranean do not hibernate here - they can be used in an annual crop. Here you have a choice of popular flowering annuals, seedlings of which you can easily find in spring in garden centers: petunia (Petunia), sutera (Sutera), ampelous lobelia (Lobelia), pelargonium (Pelargonium), balsams (Impatiens) and others. Some southern sun-loving flowers for the garden grow with us as indoor ones - you can simply take them outside for the summer (do not forget that this should be done gradually, having endured the hardening period). Azalea (Azalea), bougainvillea (Bougainvillea), begonia (Begonia) will decorate the flower garden in summer and return indoors in winter. Other species can be replaced by plants adapted to our climate, which, meanwhile, bear a completely southern imagery. To create a Mediterranean mood, use sea buckthorn (Hippophae), willow (Salix) and silver goof (Elaeagnus argentea).
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Flowers include mallows (Alcea), daylilies (Hemerocallis), onions (Allium), verbenas (Verbena), clematis (Clematis), climbing honeysuckles (Lonicera). Sage (Salvia), hyssop (Hyssopus), veronica (Veronica), catnip (Nepeta), oregano (Origanum), Perovskia (Perowskia), lobelia - brilliant (Lobelia fulgens), sessile (Lobelia sesilifolia) and blue (Lobelia siphilitica) will complete the picture. ). They, in combination with silvery, as if dusted plants, will create a special atmosphere in the gardens of Provence.
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Perfectly fits into the Mediterranean imagery and balances the moisture of a fountain or wall cascade. For decoration and decoration in such a landscape, use terracotta, mosaics and natural stone.
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3. Exotic Garden
In a hot, sunny place, you can create a real collection of exotic plants - in an annual crop or in a pot. Canna, kniphofia, bougainvillea, fuchsia, hibiscus will add southern luxury to the landscape and become spectacular accents. Many natives of the south with a rhizome that does not winter in the ground have not been exotic for us for a long time, but they will completely complement their company: do not forget about such sun-loving flowers for the garden as gladioli (Gladiolus), dahlias (Dahlia), amaranths (Amaranthus). Supplement them with flowering annuals: already familiar begonias (Begonia) and balsams (Impatiens), petunias (Petunia), pelargoniums (Pelargonium) and others.
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4. Village or meadow flower garden
Such a flower garden is a splash of bright colors and multicolor. A sunny position will only enhance the riot of flowering. It’s good if it blooms throughout the warm season - choose plants for the flower bed that replace each other. The range of suitable species is very wide and allows you to change both the color scheme and the image of the flower garden.
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Sun-loving perennial flowers: mallows (Alcea), lupins (Lupunus), delphinium (Delphinium), foxglove (Digitalis), ornamental onions (Allium), yarrow (Achillea), barkwort (Knautia), cornflower (Centaurea), flax (Linum ), bluebell (Campanula), kosmos (Cosmos), echinacea (Echinacea), rudbeckia (Rudbeckia), gaillardia (Gaillardia), marigolds (Tagetes), nivyanik (Laucenthemum).
The names of some speak for themselves: sunflower (Helianthus), helenium (Helenium), heliopsis (Heliopsis), helianthemum (Helianthemum), helichrysum (Helichrysum) - they all have the sun in their name and prefer to grow in its rays.
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5. Grass garden
Grasses are true lovers of the sun. Only a few of them are ready to put up with penumbra. Most tolerate dryness well and are undemanding to watering. Therefore, an open sunny area is a great opportunity to create a composition of cereals. In terms of expressiveness, it is not inferior to a bright flower garden. The variety of species allows you to select a variety of color combinations. Moreover, the cereal garden retains its decorative effect all year round, decorating the site even in winter. And how beautiful are the cereals, illuminated by the morning or evening sun! Even if you are not ready to use only cereals, they will be a great addition to other sunny compositions.
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6. Arid desert composition
In an open arid place, you can create an unusual garden, as if transferred from the desert or from a rocky mountain slope. Use succulents for this. In their fleshy leaves, they are able to accumulate moisture, and therefore are completely undemanding to watering and soil. Despite the fact that many of them feel great in our latitudes and have long earned popularity, they still look exotic.
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Succulents - types, names and rules of care ) have many forms. They differ in size - from miniature plants spread on the ground to large bushy specimens that can act as tapeworms. The different shape of the leaves and the shade of flowering allows you to create a wide variety of compositions from them. Thanks to their undemanding nature and shallow root system, they are suitable for rockeries, roof gardens and planters.
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Plant pines (Pinus), junipers (Juniperus), arborvitae (Thuia), larches (Larix), microbiota (Microbiota). When creating a coniferous composition in an open area, combine plants with different crown shapes: narrow verticals and tall conical varieties will become accents, plant outstretched forms in their roots, complementing the composition with spherical and ovoid plants. However, when creating a coniferous garden in the sun, remember about spring protection - these plants are especially susceptible to burns with spring temperature differences and active sun.
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It is in the sun that they fully reveal their varietal properties, while in the shade, many of them (especially yellow and variegated forms) lose their unusual pattern. There are many decorative leaf varieties both among shrubs and among herbaceous plants. A large number of decorative forms are famous for garden shrubs such as barberry (Berberis), spirea (Spiraea), white derain (Cornus alba), viburnum vesicle (Physocarpus opulifolius). Among the herbs, the multi-colored color of the leaves is distinguished by the lamb (Lamium), perilla (Perilla), hybrid coleus (Solenostemon scutellarioides), loosestrife (Lysimachia punctata), tenacious (Ajuga).
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The most beautiful plants for a garden with ornamental foliage - types and care - aquatic plants in this position will develop especially intensively. But it is the solar pond that is suitable for growing beautiful nymphs (Nymphaea). Due to the variety of shapes and colors, water lilies or water lilies are not in vain considered favorites among aquatic plants. In a sunny place, you can collect a whole collection of these beautiful flowers. Other flowering aquatic species will also thrive in full sun and provide a wonderful backdrop for the vibrant nymphaeum flowers.
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10. Aromatic garden
The bright sun is an ideal condition for creating aroma space . Many aromatic plants are native to the southern regions and require an open location. Here their growth is especially intense, and the aroma is revealed to the maximum. Most of the spice plants are grown as an annual crop and a significant part of them are used as food. An excellent solution for them would be a container garden or mobile flower beds near the summer dining or recreation area. Plant lavender (Lavandula), sage (Salvia), thyme (Thymus), hyssop (Hyssopus), basil (Ocimum), coriander (Coriandrum) and others for decoration and fragrance.
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Creepers and creepers for indoor growing: names and photos of flowers to quarrels and contention in the house (even to divorce). However, experts on the energy of indoor flowers are unanimous in the opinion that climbing houseplants just take away excess negative energy from the room and from the residents, working like a kind of energy vacuum cleaner. It is only required to give them what we do not need - negative emotions and experiences. Therefore, be sure that indoor climbing plants will certainly give beauty and comfort to your home, creating a beautiful waterfall of magnificent leaves and flowers, various in shape and color!
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- 1 Entrying plants and vines for home
- 2 The most popular indoor climbing plants: names of vines and flowers with photo and description
- 2. 1 Begonia amplous
- 2.2 diploma
- 2.3 ipmeal
- 2.4 Campanula (room bell)
- 2.5 SCIDAPSUS (epipremem)
- 2.6 Singonium
- 2.7 Tradescantia
- 2.8 Hedera (ordinary ivy)
- 2.9 CISSUS (indoor birch)
900 2.1 Lazazhyn Lazazhi Lazazhy (wax ivy) - 2.13 Aeschinanthus
Climbing plants and creepers for the home
Climbing or ampelous plants are ornamental crops that have long and flexible stems, with the help of which they climb up or creep along the surface.
Most often, climbing plants are planted in hanging vases and baskets, and special supports for shoots are also installed for them.
By the way! "Ampel" in German is a hanging vase.
Climbing plants fit perfectly and complement all kinds of interiors, decorating walls and breathing life into empty corners of rooms. They, like no other flowers, are simply created for vertical gardening.
As far as care is concerned, the majority of climbing houseplants are rather unpretentious in their care, although begonia cannot be definitely classified as such.
In general, climbing flowers grow both in partial shade and in bright light. But plants with white spots or dashes on the leaves prefer more sunny places, green ones can grow safely in partial shade.
Video: climbing and hanging houseplants
The most popular indoor climbing plants: names of lianas and flowers with photos and descriptions
Lianas are of particular interest to passionate amateur flower growers. Creepers that grow around other plants are usually classified as a separate group.
Ampelous begonia
Pots with ampelous begonias are ideal for decorating any vertical structures, as well as balconies and windows.
This type of begonia has a very long flowering - from spring to late autumn. If you, of course, keep it in a sunny place with diffused light.
The size of shoots with wonderful cascades of flowers in length can reach about 30-40 centimeters.
Please note! How to plant and grow begonias, you can learn in detail from this material.
Diplodenia (Mandevilla)
This is a very beautiful ampelous climbing plant (liana), requiring quite serious care.
Leaf shapes may vary depending on the variety.
Flowering occurs in June-July. It has large funnel-shaped flowers (can be red, pink, white).
Indoor Ipomoea
The flowers of the plant are insanely beautiful and interesting: solitary, funnel-shaped, moreover, pale blue or lilac coloring. The leaves of the flower look no less wonderful.
Ipomoea is quite demanding in care: it does not tolerate drafts, dusty and dry air. Also needs good lighting.
Campanula (room bell)
This flower is sometimes called "Bride and Groom" because it has 2 shades of flowers - white and blue.
This indoor climbing plant requires plenty of sunlight and regular watering to produce the most abundant blooms.
Length of creeping or hanging shoots up to 20-30 cm.
Scindapsus (Epipremnum)
One of the fastest growing and shade tolerant vines, able to survive in virtually all temperature conditions. For 1 year it can add 1.5 meters in height.
Hang a potted plant as close to the ceiling as possible and it will reach the floor in a couple of years.
The beauty of sheet plastics is indescribable: the leaves are heart-shaped, shiny and can be bright green and variegated with spots of color.
If you want the scindapsus to curl well, then you need to regularly trim the tips of its shoots.
Syngonium
Spectacular liana with chiseled heart-shaped leaves. To enhance the decorative effect, it is necessary to provide support. He does not like the bright sun and will thank you for the light shade. Watering should be plentiful, very fond of high humidity. Can be grown as a hydroponic crop.
To give the syngonium a more bushy shape, it is also recommended to pinch the shoots.
Tradescantia
Another fast growing and hardy houseplant.
There are many varieties of Tradescantia with different leaf colors.
Prefers well-lit areas. It can grow in partial shade, but then there is a high probability of color loss, the leaves may, as it were, turn white.
Requires heavy watering and responds well to spraying.
If you take good care of it, Tradescantia will pamper you with small cute flowers.
Hedera (common ivy)
Quite easy to care for, but variegated varieties are more light-requiring.
Likes regular spraying in low humidity, although it can adapt and grow well in dry air.
Hedera should preferably be placed on a support, on which it will curl with suction cups, or let it hang from a basket or hanging planter.
Cissus (room birch)
Like the most ordinary garden grapes, it has special tendrils, with the help of which it clings to supports.
Indoor birch is characterized by high growth rates (very fast growing) and shade tolerance.
As for care, in spring and summer it likes abundant watering and spraying.
Creeping ficus (dwarf, ampelous)
It will be just great for a ficus if you make a special support for climbing stems in the form of a pyramid in its house (pot).
A distinctive advantage is the fact that this indoor climbing plant can also grow in partial shade.
By the way! For a more detailed list of indoor plants that can be grown in partial shade, see here.
Ficus responds very well to watering, especially in spring and autumn, and loves spraying in autumn.
Climbing Philodendron
It belongs to very unpretentious and durable vines.
Can grow even away from sunlight, under fluorescent lights.
Has amazingly ornamental foliage that is heart shaped or just slightly elongated in shades of green and red.
Hoya (wax ivy)
This vine is one of the most popular climbing houseplants.
Very fragrant and elegant, white, pink and yellow flowers in umbellate inflorescences.
Likes to grow in good light. In the warm season, abundant watering is required, in winter - moderate.
Important! During the period of active flowering, the curly indoor vine must not be touched and rearranged.
Aeschinanthus
This climbing houseplant is very beautiful, but quite demanding on moisture (it should be sprayed fairly regularly), does not tolerate drought.
The leaves of these ampelous flowers come in completely different shapes.
Blooms enchantingly beautiful.
Decorative ampelous flowers and creepers create an indelible impression with their surprisingly airy and friendly appearance. Hopelessly lagged behind those who believed in their negative influence on a person. To be charged with positive, not to burden yourself with artificial problems, and also to bring success in business - this is the purpose of these one of the most valued indoor climbing plants.