Hanging baskets can be a great addition to any home, whether you have limited space for planting or just want to add more life and colour to enjoy when sitting on your rattan garden furniture.
They can also be a practical option though, because there are plenty of fruits and vegetables that can be grown in them. In this blog, we’ll explore some of the varieties available.
Fruits
Let us take a look at some of the best fruits for hanging baskets first.
Perhaps the most common kind you will see are strawberries, which are delicious and give your basket an attractive red colour. Most people plant alpine strawberries, but standard garden ones will work fine too.
Another great fruit to plant in baskets is raspberries. These are far less common, so they will help your hanging baskets stand out. It is hard to see why more people don’t plant them, as there is no reason not to!
Vegetables
One vegetable you could plant in a hanging basket is the mini cucumber. They are considerably smaller than standard cucumbers, which makes them ideal for the restricted space of a basket. Just make sure you hang it in a spot where it will get plenty of sun.
If you are not keen on cucumbers, why not plant edible podded peas – otherwise known as mangetout? They are lighter than normal peas, making them a better basket choice. You can get them with purple or green pods, while their flowers are a mix of white and purple.
Your hanging basket plants can look good and taste even better this summer with these additions.
