Planting great flowering baskets in not an art but the understanding that if you pack it full of plants, it will look fabulous within minutes of finishing your planting project.  Make sure to select plants that fit your light requirements.  In addition, basket require water…have a plan for watering. 

Try selecting plants that grow larger for the back and middle and plants that cascade for the front and sides. 

Great combinations are Snap Dragons, Petunias, Lobelia and Pansies. 

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