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homesteaderbelle
True Blue Farmgirl
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Belle
USA
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 Posted - Jan 05 2009 : 5:50:48 PM
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I went shopping at a second hand store and found a very cute, medium size, pink, metal planter. I want to plant something in it and keep it indoors for now. I want to plant a hanging/draping plant so the plant will hang over the edges of the planter. Does anyone have any good suggestions on what to plant in it? I know some petunias hang.
By the way, what is Sweet William? I was thinking it is a hanging plant.
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katie-ell
True Blue Farmgirl
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Katie
Illinois
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Posted - Jan 05 2009 : 8:25:46 PM
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Belle -- If you want an indoor plant, you should check out Swedish Ivy or regular ivy -- petunias hang, but they don't like to be indoors much. Spider plant also is a great indoor hanging plant, as is pothos -- very easy and forgiving. Any of these could summer outside.
Sweet william is in the dianthus (carnation) family and is a perennial (or biennial in some areas). It's an upright bloomer -- not a hanging plant -- and would not be happy indoors.
Your new old planter sounds pretty -- what fun to have something to welcome the new year and a new plant in!
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homesteaderbelle
True Blue Farmgirl
391 Posts
Belle
USA
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Posted - Jan 05 2009 : 8:40:36 PM
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Originally posted by katie-ell
Belle -- If you want an indoor plant, you should check out Swedish Ivy or regular ivy -- petunias hang, but they don't like to be indoors much. Spider plant also is a great indoor hanging plant, as is pothos -- very easy and forgiving. Any of these could summer outside.
Sweet william is in the dianthus (carnation) family and is a perennial (or biennial in some areas). It's an upright bloomer -- not a hanging plant -- and would not be happy indoors.
Your new old planter sounds pretty -- what fun to have something to welcome the new year and a new plant in!
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Hi Katie-ell,
Thank you for all of your advice.
I am looking for a plant that can live outside when Spring comes.
The plant that people call Spider Plant sround here is Cleome. It is an annual and it grows to be 3 feet high. Is this the same spider plant you are talking about?
I have also though of filling it with Moss Roses (portucalas). I know those are not a hanging plant, but they are sure pretty!
Belle
http://www.homesteaderbelle.blogspot.com/
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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Posted - Jan 07 2009 : 04:46:20 AM
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I'm not positive, but I think Katie-ell meant the houseplant that is called a spider plant.
Moss roses would be pretty in it. But like the other outdoor flowers mentioned would not do well inside unless you have a good southern exposure window and/or a grow light. Impatiens or begonias might do ok inside as they prefer shady areas outside and both would be very pretty in that pink metal planter. I have had both of them in pots outside and brought them in for the winter because they were just too pretty to let them go. They do get leggy inside and would need a good east or west exposure or set back a foot or so from a southern exposure. If they get leggy, cut them back and stick the cuttings in a vase of water to root for more plants. This would also encourage bushier growth and you would have a gorgeous plant this summer as well as a bunch of babies.
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
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Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
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Posted - Jan 07 2009 : 7:22:53 PM
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I just read about doing strawberries in a hanging basket. Fuschia are one of my favorite hanging flower plants too
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
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homesteaderbelle
True Blue Farmgirl
391 Posts
Belle
USA
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Posted - Jan 07 2009 : 8:53:05 PM
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Originally posted by lisamarie508
I'm not positive, but I think Katie-ell meant the houseplant that is called a spider plant.
Moss roses would be pretty in it. But like the other outdoor flowers mentioned would not do well inside unless you have a good southern exposure window and/or a grow light. Impatiens or begonias might do ok inside as they prefer shady areas outside and both would be very pretty in that pink metal planter. I have had both of them in pots outside and brought them in for the winter because they were just too pretty to let them go. They do get leggy inside and would need a good east or west exposure or set back a foot or so from a southern exposure. If they get leggy, cut them back and stick the cuttings in a vase of water to root for more plants. This would also encourage bushier growth and you would have a gorgeous plant this summer as well as a bunch of babies.
Farmgirl Sister #35
"If you can not do great things, do small things in a great way." Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
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Hi LisaMarie,
All of my plants and seedlings stay in my sun porch that has a lot of light. I have petunias, colice, and impatients that lived outside all summer that are now living, blooming, and thriving in my sun porch. The plats that I plant in my planter will only stay in the house until they are strong enough to live outside and the weather is a good temperature.
I love impatients and there is a pot full of them on the sunprch now, I may fill the planter with impatients starts. Thank you for reminding me!
Belle
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homesteaderbelle
True Blue Farmgirl
391 Posts
Belle
USA
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Posted - Jan 07 2009 : 8:55:44 PM
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I had another idea of what I could plant in it, Johnny Jump ups. Any advice on filling my planter with Johnny Jump ups? I have never grown them. I have the seeds and I have seen them grown in Tasha Tudor's garden. I might just start them in the planter and then transplant them outside.
Belle
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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Posted - Jan 08 2009 : 05:29:21 AM
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Well, you didn't say you had a sunporch, Belle. How cool is that? Shoot, you could probably grow anything you wanted in there. You could grow tomatoes in there!
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homesteaderbelle
True Blue Farmgirl
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Belle
USA
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Posted - Jan 08 2009 : 10:10:41 PM
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You are right LisaMarie. I do need to plant some tomatoes. I always grow Rudker tomatoes and the plants are getting harder to find each year. I need to buy the seeds and grow my own. I think about doing this every year, but I always get side-tracked by something else. Maybe this will be the year I actually do it.
Belle
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katie-ell
True Blue Farmgirl
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Katie
Illinois
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Posted - Jan 09 2009 : 06:51:35 AM
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Yes, the spider plant I was referring to is the indoor houseplant, not cleome (I heart cleome!)
Love love love Johnny jump-ups. I usually just cast the seeds around in the fall where I want them to 'jump up' in the spring. If you begin them indoors, try starting so that they can go outside in early spring -- that is, not too early. They do get veeerrryy leeeggggy if you keep them inside too long . . . I suspect that you have a milder climate than I do here in northern IL. So you could start them in the planter and then pop them outside for a day or so as the weather turns nicer. They are a cool weather annual, so they do love a little chill in the air. And they self-sow.
Going on and on about J.J.ups here! Can you tell I'm ready for spring??
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homesteaderbelle
True Blue Farmgirl
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Belle
USA
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Posted - Jan 09 2009 : 2:43:55 PM
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Hi Katie-ell,
I am ready for spring too! Thank you for all of the plany information. I am going to try tp plant the Johnny Jump ups this week so I can get them out before the weather is too warm. The weather around here doews not get warm until April, so I think I might have some time to get them out.
Belle
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5 acre Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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~~~*Terri*~~~
WA.
USA
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Posted - Jan 09 2009 : 4:50:21 PM
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Belle...I have lots of Spider Plants, want a start?
Farmgirl Sister #368
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homesteaderbelle
True Blue Farmgirl
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Belle
USA
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Posted - Jan 13 2009 : 12:51:20 AM
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Originally posted by 5 acre Farmgirl
Belle...I have lots of Spider Plants, want a start?
Farmgirl Sister #368
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Hi,
Thank you so much for offering to send me a Spider Plant, that is so sweet of you! My granny has Spider Plants that I can get a start from. Thank you so much for the offer though.
Belle
http://www.homesteaderbelle.blogspot.com/
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DearMildred
True Blue Farmgirl
223 Posts
Amanda
Tulsa
OK
USA
223 Posts |
Posted - Jan 19 2009 : 1:49:12 PM
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My rex begonias are my favorite plants that I drag outside in the summer and bring in during the winter - they're kind of funky-looking but they fill out a container very nicely. :D
Sun porch sounds awesome!
~Amanda in OK~
Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered by your old nonsense. -Emerson |
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