Not all gardens will have you bending down to plant. You can enjoy the beauty of blooms by looking up.

In this Extra On Gardening, Tom MacCubbin reveals how to create a stunning backyard hanging garden.

If you’re interested in creating your own hanging garden try a blooming variety of plants like Torenia, also known as the Wishbone Flower. Verbena is also great and will cascade over the sides of the basket.

If your basket will be in a shady area, considering using Impatiens. These will cascade and come in a variety of color.

Bacopa - this plant does a lot better in warm weather rather than the hot weather of mid summer.

Directions
To put together your basket, first get a pot with holes in the side where you can hang it or support it in some way. Then just add your plants. Keep plants that cascade towards the outside and plants that grow taller in the middle.

Keep the soil moist, and put in a small amount of slow release fertilizer.

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