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Whether you are dreaming of a dramatic display of colorful foliage, like chartreuse and purple, for example, or a mass of colorful blooms, hanging baskets could be the perfect choice of container. And, wire hanging baskets, which require liners to keep the dirt in, are one of today's most popular choices.

The liners come in two natural materials that result in very different looks. One material is coir, which is fiber from inside the coconut shell. The fibers are compressed and come in sheets or may be pre-shaped to fit certain container styles. Before filling the coir liner with soil, some folks add a plastic bag with a hole cut in the bottom to allow drainage. The plastic helps coir retain moisture a little longer to reduce watering frequency. Think of this look as a little more tidy and formal.

Another favorite liner for wire baskets is sphagnum moss. This creates a look that is more organic, less formal and maybe even a little romantic. Here's what you need to do to line your wire basket with the moss:

Immerse several handfuls of sphagnum moss in a bucket of water to get it completely saturated, then squeeze out the excess water.Working from the bottom up, stuff the damp moss firmly into the wires or rungs of the basket, keeping it at least two inches thick with no gaps (that way the soil won't dribble out). Squeeze it around the top wire rung to encase it in the moss.

Once your liner is in place, pre-dampen the soil by stirring in a little water, then add it to partially fill the inside of the basket. You will need some time-release fertilizer for your plants to thrive, so check directions to see if it should be mixed into the soil or simply sprinkled on top and add accordingly.

Now you are ready for the plants, and the first task is to decide how you want to arrange them in the basket. One popular grouping features a tall plant in the center, followed by a ring of low mounding types and ending with an outer ring of trailing plants that will cascade over the side. Other groupings work well, too, so let your creativity come out to play. Whatever your preference, simply transplant the plants into the soil, adding potting mix between them for support as needed. With the sphagnum moss and some coir liners, you can also push plant plugs through the sides of the basket where they will take root and become anchored in the soil, creating a fuller look.

Finally, water the basket well. Remember, a wet basket is a lot heavier than a dry one, so be sure everything the basket hangs on and from is sturdy enough to support its weight when fully wet. You can allow it to dry out a little between watering; if the moss feels damp, it's not time to water again. But keep a regular eye on baskets that are in more sun, as they could need watering every day.

Be sure to locate your hanging baskets where the plants will get the necessary sun requirements or you'll be disappointed in the results. If you have followed all these steps, then you can relax and enjoy the results of your efforts all season long.

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The Spanish are a wonderfully inventive when it comes to gardening. What do they do when they have no space for a garden? They take to the air! All over Spain you'll see flowers and plants hanging from walls, hanging from balconies, hanging from trellis, in fact anywhere you can decorate a blank surface to create a living picture, a work of floral art, using different flowers and a multitude of containers from terracotta flower pots to tin cans all bursting with fantastic flowers and beautiful displays.

In the south of Spain, in towns and cities of Andalucía in Seville and Granada there are festivals where people open their private patios for judging to reveal how creative they've been in making the most of vertical space and taking their flowers and plants skyward. Plant hangers adorn every available space. Hanging plants is a feast of the eyes and stimulate the senses.

But there's no reason why you can't create the same hanging garden effect wherever you live. In northern Europe, Scandinavia and in the northern United States and Canada places that are known as 'short season' gardening countries, where the spring and summer are shorter than other regions, keen gardeners want to see vibrant colour as quickly as they can. While they are waiting for their borders to spring into life, and while their hanging baskets are getting going for the season, it is easy to use various flower pot hangers or pot holders to decorate a barren wall to greet the coming summer season.

If you're new to this idea, you don't have to be an experienced gardener. Simply take any old terracotta pot or container and put a layer of broken shards of clay to act as a drainage layer. Then mix some water storing granules with a little compost or soil and put this on top of the drainage layer to a depth of about an inch. Use normal compost without any water storing granules to complete the planting with the flower of your choice. You see, water will seep down to the bottom layer and the granules will expand. However, the granules will be kept at the bottom of the pot and not rise to the top. Plant roots will gravitate toward the bottom layer to encourage root growth and produce the most incredible blooms. Remember to leave at least an inch, twenty five centimetres, at the top of the pot for watering space. This will create a good reservoir and water will be caught and sink into the soil.

A great benefit of using containers and plants in this way is that if the weather turns nasty and frost is forecast you can always unhang the plants and bring them into the warm or the greenhouse. Hanging baskets are all very well but when the plants die at the end of the season you lose them to the weather.

So, follow the Mediterranean style and hang you plants high to create a breathtaking vertical garden. The only way is up!

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