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Ideas needed please.

Icecannon
Icecannon Posts: 93 Forumite
edited 20 May 2018 at 9:04PM in Gardening
Any ideas on good showy flowering plants for containers on the balcony I can buy that will put on a display fairly soon? I have looked at the local garden centre but not landed on anything, I have a whole list of bulbs to start in August, the spring bulbs have just finished so need something to replace them with...at the min I have some daylillies starting off and some white Osteospermum.

P.s balcony is fairly sunny.

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  • Davesnave
    Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite
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    Alstroemerias? I don't really do containers, but the ones I have in pots in the polytunnel are putting on a good display now.


    (Those in pots outdoors were all killed by the Beast.....:()
  • Farway
    Farway Posts: 13,199 Forumite
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    Sunny balconies call out for geraniums, trailing, upright or both. On sale loads of places, including supermarkets at the moment

    For flower power, tuberous begonias, I can recommend the Non Stop variety, on sale now from loads of places, not yet in flower but will be shortly. I bought a punnet of 4 from Morries at the weekend for instance £2
    Eight out of ten owners who expressed a preference said their cats preferred other peoples gardens
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