I live in an apt and have a large balcony facing south 20 ft x 7 ft
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Geraniums or wave petunias
Thank you Trish!!!
Container tomatoes, like the Tiny Tim is smaller, bushy and produces red and yellow grape sized tomatoes. It's pretty, and you get fresh produce, win win. I just gave my daughter one for her place.
Herbs. They grow very nicely in a pot and are fun to have on hand. Also, they can be moved indoors for the winter and continue to live and grow like a house plant.
There are many Hibiscus plants out there that you could put in a big pot. If you put it on one of those low casters that most places sell, you could take it in for the winter and place it by your door it should survive to go outside next year. They have beautiful flowers and you can get one of the brighter ones, they even have ones with double flowers that are really beautiful. If you put it on casters try to get the ones that are sturdy, many out there say they are for heavy pots but the rollers don't last. I found the ones that are just a roller without all the plastic stuff around the roller are the best, some even have locks on them. Since these are taller plants you could put different sizes of pots around them and perhaps a few flowers interspersed with some herbs you could use in the kitchen year round by placing them indoors before first frost.
Hydrangea might be a good choice. It is bare in winter but retains the dried blossoms until cut off in spring.
Are you kidding? There are laws in most States that state a roof can be shingled only once over an original roof. Do you want the roof to cave in and kill someone? Remove it down to the wood and then install your new roof.
Tom G
begonias or geraniums are always good.