Flowers for a Hanging Basket

Not necessarily from - https://www.diggers.com.au/pages/climate-map-for-seeds - but use their recommendations as a starter.

Most are a bit too tall for the basket - or even illegal here (borage is a forbidden weed here, I believe)

Have you consulted a local florist, plant nursery, or garden club for suggestions as to what would work best in your climate given plants readily available in your area?  

Hi Joan,  we’re fairly lucky here - mild autumn/fall and very mild winters (usually).  Semi-tropical.  Anything from cottage garden varieties to geraniums, roses, lavenders, ericas, cactus, camellia, magnolia, gardenias,  to bush-hardy varieties, palms, poinciana, jacaranda, orchids etc.  And all the smaller flora, too.

My dilemma is making the choice of  which one to plant. 😁

Last year, Mtierney mentioned a pretty shrub she had planted. I found seedlings of the same variety and they grew prolifically. 

look around at other people's planters to see what you like? - home, nursery, online florist or nursery catalog?  nasturtiums? some kind of low or trailing jasmine? autumn clematis? ask ai??

enjoy!

No jasmine!! No honeysuckle!!   Am allergic. 

Nasturtium are pretty, and easy.  Think I’ll give that a go. Thank you! 👍   
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“Colourful”, “resilient”, “hanging basket”

Got sun?

Portulaca “Rio” series

Oh yes!  I love portulaca!! I’m gonna hang a second basket!! 

joanne said:

Nasturtium are pretty, and easy.  Think I’ll give that a go. Thank you! 👍   

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The plant is edible, too.

So are the seeds, which taste a little mustardy.  
I was wondering about Lily of the valley, in a pot then learnt they need a cold winter. It’s too humid here, and gets too warm quickly.  (I know you pop hyacinths, daffodil, jonquil etc in the fridge first but I don’t think lilies of the valley would like that)

Sigh.  No portulaca seedling or seeds/bulbs. Should have looked in March…

I’ve got nasturtium seeds, and also a packet of petunia seeds.  Thank you, all, for your help!

(We were also looking for a Fothergill’s mushroom kit but despite advertising them, there haven’t been any available for years.)

joanne said:

(We were also looking for a Fothergill’s mushroom kit but despite advertising them, there haven’t been any available for years.)

(Pure speculation) They may be keeping a low profile until the appeal process is exhausted.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-03/erin-patterson-mushroom-murder-appeal/105964152

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/the-case-of/mushroom-lunch-erin-pattersons-appeal-explained/105984404

Um, no.   The truth is the store buyers order more than actually sell; meanwhile the spores keep growing in the straw/peat mix so, within a few weeks of delivery, The new kits have exploded with more edible puffy fungi than the staff can handle.