Summer baskets
It’s never been easier to create a beautiful hanging basket thanks to today’s huge range of high performance plants that flower freely throughout summer and beyond…
1 Light up the shade
Colourwave Summer Wave™ Torenia Gold performs beautifully in shade with bright colour and lush foliage. It is very heat and disease tolerant with eye catching gold and purple flowers on strong branching growth.
LIKES - shade or part shade FLOWERS - summer, autumn
GROWS - 50cm tall and wide
2 Bright survivor
ColourBlast Portulacas offer vibrant drought tolerant colour for summer gardens. New Portulaca ColourBlast Double Magenta produces stunning double blooms over semi-trailing succulent foliage. It’s super easy-to-grow, drought tolerant and a great choice for hanging baskets.
LIKES - sun
FLOWERS - summer, autumn
GROWS - 15cm tall x 75cm wide
3 Handy helper
Super absorbent Yates Waterwise
Water Storage Crystals help plants survive dry weather and infrequent watering. Each crystal swells to hundreds of times its weight with water so plants can access it as they need it. Crystals replenish with each watering. Find out more at yates.co.nz.
4 Floral fountain
Any strong branching, cascading plant that flowers continuously in hot dry weather is a perfect choice for summer baskets. Colourwave Surdiva Scaevola Fashion Pink combines exceptional heat tolerance with prolific long term flowering.
LIKES - sun
FLOWERS - summer, autumn
GROWS - 20cm tall x 50cm wide
5 Sun lovers
High performing SunPatiens were bred to thrive in sun as well as shade. These heat tolerant plants flower freely and continuously on a tidy mound of lush healthy foliage, and come in a range of showy colours.
LIKES - sun or part shade
FLOWERS - spring to autumn
GROWS - up to 30cm tall and wide
6 Petunia power
However you like your flowers - striped, starred, multi-toned, tiny or large - you’ll find them among summer’s smorgasbord of high-performance petunias and calibrachoas. They thrive in hot weather.
Tip: Use a top quality hanging basket or container mix with slow release fertiliser.