Hanging baskets add flamboyant splashes of colour to gardens throughout the summer. Packed with bright bedding plants, they should flower for ages.

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Discover how to plant up a hanging basket.

Deadhead spent flowers and water regularly, and you'll have a glorious, rich display throughout summer.

Here are five 'recipes' for hanging baskets - if you can't find an exact variety, simply substitute it with one that looks similar.


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Diascia, fuchsia and heuchera hanging basket

Diascia 'Juliet Orange'

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Heuchera 'Autumn Leaves'

Fuchsia 'Billy Green'

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Geranium, nemesia and nasturtium hanging basket

Geranium 'Balcon Red'

Diascia 'Callie Peach'

Begonia 'Nonstop Mocca Scarlet'

Nasturtium 'Empress of India'

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Begonia 'Inferno' hanging basket

Plant up this basket on its own, or add blue lobelia or campanula for a striking colour clash.

Begonia 'Inferno'

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Begonia and osteospermum hanging basket

Begonia 'Nonstop Yellow'

Osteospermum 'Voltage Yellow'

Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea'

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