How to Decorate Outdoor Living Spaces with Hanging Baskets and Keep Plants Healthy

Colorful hanging baskets are summer stunners. Blooms add striking accents to any support structure and wall. Hanging baskets with cascading flowering plants are beautiful, but some flowers require high maintenance, protection from wind, and ample sunlight to thrive. Hanging baskets, bursting with summer blooms, are lovely outdoor decor ideas that are versatile and can brighten homes and yards.

Hanging baskets typically feature a mix of plants that create stunning summer arrangements. Because the plants are suspended in the air, they dry out faster and face more intense sun and wind than plants growing on the ground. Lushome’s tips on caring for plants and selecting the ideal locations for hanging baskets will help you keep flowering plants thriving throughout the season.

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Sunny locations

Petunias and geraniums are popular choices for hanging baskets. Hanging baskets with strawberries look fabulous and save garden space. These flowering plants thrive in the sun and require at least six hours of direct sunlight. These flowers prefer sunny locations, such as front porches, fences, sunny sides of house walls, and balconies. Additionally, there are beautiful green plants, such as ferns, that thrive in shady sites.

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Where to hang baskets

Hanging baskets are colorful and inviting yard decorations that lift mood and welcome guests. Vertical posts of entrances or decorative brackets on porch columns and walls are perfect locations for hanging baskets. People decorate house numbers and mailboxes with plants and flowers in hanging baskets, suspend them from pergolas and gazebo structures. Suspending baskets with blooms on a hook beside a garden bench or balcony railing is a creative and beautiful idea to decorate the outdoor living spaces with colorful summer blooms.

Protection from strong winds

Summer storms or salty breezes can be rough on tender flowers in hanging baskets. Hanging them on the leeward side of your house, close to a wall, fence, or hedge, can shelter the beautiful flowers from the wind.

Watering tips

Hanging baskets need wise watering. Daily is key for spectacular blooms. Watering early in the morning or late in the evening reduces evaporation and keeps summer blooms healthy. However, soggy roots can just as easily kill the plants as dry ones. Bigger baskets hold more soil and moisture, and small ones dry out faster.

Fertilizing and deadheading

Proper fertilizing, pruning, and deadheading improve blooms. You need to snip off faded flowers to encourage new growth and trim leggy stems to keep the plants’ shape lush and compact in your hanging baskets.

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DIY brackets for hanging baskets add unique designs and interest to outdoor decor. Additionally, recycling items and incorporating them into unusual hanging baskets adds personality to your blooming designs, creating one-of-a-kind, eco-friendly, and impressive yard decorations.

  by Ena Russ   
   06.07.2025