Joshua Siskin talks about the kinds of plants that are good for hanging baskets.
Hanging baskets. Mention hanging baskets to a veteran gardener and you are likely to get an eyeroll in response. “They’re just not worth the trouble,” you might hear. “They dry out so quickly that watering even once a day may not even be enough.”
String-of-pearls is native to southwest Africa where it grows as a ground cover that is partial to shady locations. Given half-day sun in a hanging basket, it only needs to be watered once a month. Flowers bloom for four weeks during the summer, smell like cinnamon, and resemble miniature daisies. This is not an accident since string-of-pearls is a daisy family member.
String-of-dolphins is really something special as its leaves bear an exact resemblance to mini-dolphins. Trailing or weeping jade has small paddle-shaped leaves studded tightly along pendulous stems; the leaves take on a violet to magenta hue when exposed to bright, if indirect, light.
Other hanging cacti worth mentioning include rat tail cactus , whose stems may hang down as far as six feet and are decorated with orange, red, or pink blooms. It is widely considered to be the easiest hanging cactus to grow. The stems of peanut cactus do look like peanuts for some time until they eventually elongate and hang down.
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