Where do you get your hanging baskets from?

[WingsOnMyBoots]

I have noticed a big difference in hanging baskets. Some houses have beautiful large, trailing, colourful ones but when I go out shopping I can't find anything like them.

Does anyone know where I can buy these...or are they likely to be self-planted?

I make my own but try and include a variety of trailing plants such as ivy, creeping jenny, bacopa, calibrachoa, trailing varieties of the following: petunia/ nasturtium/begonia/lobelia/fuchsia etc.

I've seen these baskets which look like a good idea:
easyfill basket

They probably come in different sizes at various retailers. I think the trick to getting that full look is side planting. You can do this with normal hanging baskets but it's a bit fiddlier/messier what with compost spilling out in my experiece

The golden rule of all hanging baskets is to water and feed. They need water every day, possibly twice a day. There are all sorts lf ways to retain water such as mixing in water retaining crystals, using hanging basket mats (pound shop!), lining with newspaper/ plastic punched with holes/ even disposable nappies!

I've never purchased prefilled baskets so can't comment on that sorry.

Have fun!

ps I've had success with the 6 packs of hanging basket/container selections sold in Homebase/B&Q. They had them in Aldi but only for a week earlier this year. I've seen some in Morrisons recently but only a couple of trays so wouldn't bank on finding them there.

They contain six complementary hanging basket plants, off the top of my head a trailing petunia, a trailing fuchsia, a creeping jenny, a bacopa, a busy lizzie and something else! The Homebase/B&Q ones were called pink mix/purple mix/yellow mix/white mix and so on. I used them last year and they looked wonderful - really healthy plantsand the colours were amazing. One pack did two baskets in the end as the plants grew so big I had to separate them. The Homebase/B&Q pack are £5.98 and the Aldi/Morrisons version was £3.