There are many ampelous colors that have a distinctive property - elastic flexible stems that, when a certain length is reached, cannot hold their own weight. Such plants usually need stanchions, but more often they land in suspended containers.
Hanging flower pots are good for decorating the walls of a room, for decorating balconies and verandas. Bright flowers growing in such pots can transform any place in the house and on the garden plot.
General information
Among the pots, there are many varieties and forms. Plants with drooping stems are usually planted in suspended containers. They are placed in places protected from drafts and strong winds. They should not be suspended too high, as this makes it difficult to care for flowers (top dressing and watering). Plants of the same species with different shades of flowers can be planted in a large pot. It should be remembered that it is impossible to combine representatives of the flora who need different conditions of detention.
The article presents some of the most common flower pots used for decorating rooms and gardens. But first, provide information on what a cache-pot is.
The difference between pots and planters
The main differences are in the functions that they perform. A pot is a container in which soil is poured and a flower is planted. The cache-pot is more of a decorative packaging. Her main task is to hide an ordinary flower pot. Cache-pots are usually used to make the appearance of a simple flower pot more harmonious with the design of the rooms.
The pot has holes at the bottom and a separate stand for draining excess moisture, and the planter is solid, without slots. They are desktop, wall, floor and hanging. There are flower pots balcony, indoor and outdoor.
Flower pot: photo
The term "pots" originated in France. Translated, this word means "hidden pot." Facts from history are known that clay pots were hidden with the help of a cache-pot.
Due to the huge variety of models and materials of which the flowerpots are made, the plant harmoniously fits into any room design. They are made of wood, ceramic, glass, plastic materials and even paper. Some varieties of such containers can be equipped with bright lights or automatic watering. It is important to remember that the pots should be larger in volume than the main pot.
Outdoor flower pot - a stylish addition to the interior design. These tall containers are well suited for hanging flowers and lush vegetation.
The following are the features of the selection of plants for pots.
Selection of plants, conditions
When choosing suitable ampelous flowers for a cache-pot on a balcony, in a garden or on a terrace it is necessary to consider special requirements of plants to growing conditions. They are classified as follows:
- resistance to sunlight;
- good growth in shaded areas;
- high need for moisture;
- resistance to winds;
- resistance to drought;
- intolerance to any kind of soil or need for fertilizing.
Below are some flower names for flower pots that prefer particular growing conditions.
Fortunia tolerates bad weather and wind. This plant is one of the hybrids of petunia. Despite the outward resemblance to the ancestor of the species, even a strong wind is not afraid of the leaves of this flower, and the flowers always look elegant, even under the pouring rain.
Petunia, verbena, most varieties of bindweed, brachioma and pelargonium grow well on the sunny side. Violets, balsam and pansies are preferred to shade.
Verbena and pelargonium are much easier to tolerate a lack of watering than an excess of moisture, and stcevola and tumbelin can not do without regular watering. Verbena requires more fertilizing than other plants, but she does not like excess fertilizer with nitrogen. Fuchsia is afraid of direct rays of the sun.
It turns out that it is not very easy to choose plants for pots or for vertical gardening. So that the flowers do not lose their attractive fresh look, you should definitely familiarize yourself with the rules of their maintenance.
Flowering plants
The most common blooming ampelous flowers for planters:
- Fuchsia is a perennial with unusually beautiful openwork bright flowers, similar in shape to Chinese lanterns (an unpretentious houseplant).
- Ampel geranium, or ampelous pelargonium, is a very popular and long-flowing unpretentious plant (loves light, heat and free space).
- Achimenes (or torso) - a flower with a thin flexible stalk. It looks like a petunia (loves plentiful watering and constant room temperature).
- Kolumneya (popularly called "indoor orchid") is a rather demanding culture with orange-yellow and bright red flowers (it blooms in good light, but without direct sunlight, as well as in high humidity and the absence of drafts).
- Ampoule Petunia (or Surfinia) - abundantly blooming with large bright flowers in good light, withstanding temperature drops to zero degrees (requires daily watering).
It should be noted that the petunia presented above has many varieties of various shades (from dark violet to snow-white). Among them, the most common are pink, which is most often found in the photo of summer cottages. These flowers for pots prefer sandy loamy and loamy soils.
Ornamental deciduous plants
Despite the nondescript flowering, the plants presented below have an unusual appearance and look great in a cache-pot:
- Hanging zebrin (or tradescantia). The plant is with dark purple, green and light shades of leaves. A positive quality of the plant is unpretentiousness.
- Chlorophytus crested, or Cape. One of the most popular among indoor plants, which is a lush bush with striped or green long leaves. The flowers are small, similar to lilies.
- Dichondra is ampelous. Often it is called emerald or silver waterfall. It looks amazing both on alpine slides, and in arches and on the walls of houses. A huge number of small leaves on the branches cascade down, resembling a green waterfall.
- Ficus creeping - a culture with saturated green leaves. Virtually maintenance free.
- Plectranthus southern is a plant with curly stems (its popular name is Scandinavian ivy). Demanding for plentiful diffused lighting and frequent watering.
- Asparagus (or asparagus). Looks great plants with light green shoots in flower pots. Demanding on light, but calm to changes in air temperature.
Multi-colored compositions
Flowers for planters should be chosen carefully. Planting representatives of different types of flora in one pot should not be. Of course, you can try to experiment with color, using for this purpose a variety of ampelous varieties and varieties of plants that have the same content requirements. Some of them have beautiful flowering, others with leaves of various shapes and colors:
- Geranium and pelargonium are closely related plants, among which there are many ampel varieties with brightly colored and pale flowers.
- Begonia also forms flower clusters of various shades, and ampel fuchsia has very flexible shoots up to 60 cm long with bright terry or ordinary colors. All require good lighting, but do not like prolonged exposure to direct sunlight.
- Stcevola, lobelia and strange nolan can add lilac and bluish colors to the composition. The mass of shoots of the scyvola (length - 50 cm) in a hanging planter form a wonderful ball, strewn with small flowers. Nolan flowers resemble bells in shape (size - 5 cm). Lobelia flowers are popularly called "hatchets." They are blue, blue, rarely pink and purple.
About macrame for pots
The flowers themselves are beautiful, but plants planted in beautiful containers and flower pots look even better. The macrame cache-pot technique is an excellent decorative element. Of course, it does not protect the pot from drafts and cold and does not provide optimal temperature. This is just a kind of decorative element, especially well combined with ampelous plants.
This planter is often used in the design of pots, both domestic plants and crops, planted on terraces and balconies.
Conclusion
In order to successfully and professionally decorate a room or garden, you should know which plants are favorably combined with each other and with the representatives of the flora surrounding them. Hanging flowerpots with flowers look harmonious with ordinary garden objects (shrubs and trees).
Ampel plants of different varieties look great even on plain old hemp. When planting flowers in a room or on a garden plot, one should always remember that any idea should be based not only on grace and beauty, but also on the comfortable growth of flora.