How can I make hanging Flowers look great all season?

by Nancy

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I love hanging lots of baskets of flowers of different varieties so I spend a good amount of money on them each year in April. Besides plenty of water and fertilizer regularly. In Nashville the summers get BRUTAL by the middle of July. Any other things I can do to keep them looking great all season??

Thanks!

Nancy

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Janet Pizaro on Apr 30, 2017

Try planting drought tolerant plants such as portulaca,and lantana.

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Merry Mount on Apr 30, 2017

Give them a break in July, hanging them in the shade and misting them each morning and evening to cool them off and allow them to recover. I learned about plants when I read the book, The Secret Life of Plants.

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- Nancy on Apr 30, 2017
  
  Thank you! I will try that. Maybe in and out of the sunroom during the really hot months.... I can enjoy them on the porch just as much. If it's hot in the sun room but shaded you think they will make it?
  
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- Cori Widen on May 01, 2017
  
  Oo, that sounds like an interesting book! I'm going to check it out...
  
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Meg Kavanagh on Apr 30, 2017

Water at night and do not let sit in hot sun all day. This might help

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