The best flowers for hanging baskets

Give the classic garden essential a modern twist by hanging the most up-to date flowers.

A hanging basket bursting with flowers always gives the garden a 'wow' factor.
The latest hanging basket designs use just one flower. Check out our guide to creating the perfect basket.

The top 6 flowering plants for hanging baskets

Here is our selection of the most up to date and stunning plants. Remember the golden rule-only use one plant per basket.

Fuchsia

Impatiens 'busy lizzies'

Lobelia

Pelargoniums

Petunias

Clematis

Which flower should you choose?

It depends on the style of basket you like. Some baskets have trailing flowers while others have taller plants. Or a popular option is a flower that makes a ball effect from the basket.

1 Flowers that trail down from the basket give the effect that they are just growing in the air as they swamp the basket and hide it.

Fuchsia

Pelargoniums (ivy-leaved)

Lobelia (trailing types)

Campanula 'bellflower'(trailing types)

Verbena (trailing types)

2 Flowers that grow upright add height to a garden by drawing the eye upwards.

Geraniums

Pelargoniums (dwarth zonal types)

Petunias

Begonia

Verbena (upright types)

3 Flowers that make a ball effect grow in a bushy style – they grow up, down and sideways

Impatiens 'busy lizzies'

Lobelia (bushy types)

Clematis

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