What time of Year is it best to plant your summer hanging baskets?

Answer 1

I plant my hanging baskets as soon as possible after the threat of frost is over. It takes a few weeks for them to get looking nice, so if you can get them planted early and bring them inside if it looks like frost, you'll have a head start. Be sure to add a time release fertilizer and those water absorbing crystals. Be sure to take the spent blossoms off three times a week.

Answer 2

It depends on where you live. Here in the north of England, I tend to wait until after Easter - just to avoid frost damage. However, then you run the risk of all the plants in the shops being already sold!

Answer 3

From now onwards and after the time when we may get frost, once the plants are in the garden centres

Answer 4

I have 3 made up at the moment but they are in the greenhouse to protect them from late frost. I usually put them out at the end of April, early May to give them chance to harden off.

Answer 5

plant in april with lots of petunias when a flower dies pick it off another will grow this is called dead heading and if you do it all summer your baskets will be glorious

Answer 6

Most people say in the spring, but you can still get a frost, I always do mine on Mothers day.......

If you do decide to do them now, just watch the waeather and bring them in, on the cooler nights

Answer 7

you can do them now, but keep out the frosty night's. Put in a shed or greenhouse

Answer 8

after the last threat of frost and with all this nice weather, now.

Answer 9

Here is Texas....now is the time

Answer 10

probably summer