Hanging Basket for Shade

Hanging baskets are perfect for filling in empty wall spaces outdoors. Mix colorful foliage and cheery flowers in a 12-inch-wide hanging basket to add interest to your yard all season long. The foliage and flower colors at work in this arrangement makes the design high-impact.

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A: Fuchsia 'Thalia' — 1

B: Tuberous begonia (Begonia 'Nonstop Mocca Red') — 1

C: Golden creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea') — 1

D: Yellow archangel (Lamium galeobdolon 'Hermann's Pride') — 1

E: Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) — 1

Fuchsia plants can bloom throughout the growing season and have the added benefit of attracting hummingbirds. These plants do well in containers and hanging baskets. 'Thalia' features red-orange tubular blooms on dark olive foliage. Red stems add even more color.

Beautiful tuberous begonias are among the most elegant of shade-loving plants. Many tuberous begonias have an arching plant habit, which makes them excellent for growing in hanging baskets or container gardens. Begonia 'Nonstop Mocca Red' combines bright red 4-inch-wide blooms with chocolate-brown leaves on compact mounded plants. 

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Creeping Jenny is a dense, small-leafed plant that makes for great ground cover. In a container, it adds a bright trailing element. The single plant of the golden variety in this container adds chartreuse trailing foliage for contrast against surrounding dark leaves.

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Lamium galeobdolon 'Hermann's Pride' is more compact than the classic species of deadnettle. Its serrated leaves are crisply splashed with silver between the veins. In spring, whorls of yellow two-lip flowers bloom.

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Chives grace the garden with bright green stems and pinkish-purple pom-pom blooms—all of which offer a distinctly mild onion flavor. Versatile and easy-growing, chives thrive in containers. The plant in this arrangement adds height and a different shape of foliage to the mix.