Do you love plants and want to surround yourself with them not only inside the house, but also outside? We will advise you on which plants for your balcony will be most suitable and how to choose beautiful and hardy flowers for balcony boxes. We invite you to read on!
Contact with nature has a calming and soothing effect on humans. Green leafy plants produce oxygen and, if watered and sprinkled properly, can do a great job of humidifying the surrounding air or shielding a balcony room from the sun's rays coming in. We can grow potted plants both indoors and outdoors in our homes. We will give you some of our ideas for potted flowers for the balcony and advise you on which flowers to choose.
What flowers for the patio? The basics before the final choice
Flowers on the balcony are a beautiful and original decoration, creating a lovely atmosphere and testifying to the talent and skill of the homeowner. If you want to create a balcony with flowers, between which you feel like a real garden, plan your project both in terms of which balcony flowers you choose and how you choose to display them using a variety of pots and garden plant stands, supports and stands. All these elements form one coherent whole and each is equally important.
Fashionable flowers for the balcony, or the latest trends and tradition
In recent years, miniature fruit trees have become very fashionable, especially when it comes to different varieties of apple trees. On your own balcony or terrace, you can cultivate these sweet fruits with your own hands, which are no different from their ancestors growing on huge trees in orchards.
For decades, the most popular balcony plant has been all kinds of climbing plants, which are usually very easy to grow and grow to a sizeable size. Garlands of vines on balcony trellises or wooden railings on the terrace create an amazing and natural decoration, which, incidentally, will help to obscure an unloved wall.
Best flowers for the balcony, or growing with your head
Not every plant is suitable for exposure to changing weather conditions. Before choosing the right plants, you need to consider, for example, whether you have the ability to move the pots inside the house during autumn – winter. Here are three plant characteristics to consider before making your final choice of flowers for your balcony.
Year-round plants for the balcony
They are called evergreens because their life cycle outside the home continues regardless of the season. They are primarily conifers, deciduous shrubs, the heather family and climbers. The most commonly chosen conifers are cypresses and thuyas – they are undemanding and look very graceful. A beautiful year-round flower is the ivy-leaved geranium, dropping cascades of vividly coloured flowers. Azaleas, also known as rhododendrons, also look great on terraces. They come in many colour variants, allowing you to combine the colours of these lovely flowers as desired.
Low-maintenance flowers for the balcony
For those who love dense, multi-coloured flowers but who do not yet feel confident about growing flowering plants, the petunia will be a saviour. These flowers in pots for the balcony will decorate it beautifully and only require frequent watering and fertilising. Another easy-to-maintain plant is nemesia, which will shower your terrace with interesting-looking flowers in interesting, irregular shapes and saturated colours in return for water. If, on the other hand, you prefer green plants for your balcony, start growing herbs! Basil, or mint, will not only decorate your home, but will also be useful in the kitchen.
Perennial hanging flowers
For perennial hanging flowers, plant supports prove very useful, allowing you to give your vines any unique shape. The most hardy plant that grows long, fast-growing vines is ivy. It does not require intensive maintenance – regular, abundant watering and ensuring the soil is slightly moist is enough. If, on the other hand, you prefer colourful small flowers for your balcony, choose hanging verbena or torsion, which flower regularly and are also extremely hardy flowers for the balcony.
Flowers for the western balcony
This is not an easy place for balcony plants, as the sun shines for most of the day and the temperature can be quite high, and not every flower likes it. Beautiful flowering plants that like both heat and plenty of sunshine are celosia, which has unusual inflorescences in the form of a spike. For fans of classic shapes, the delicate velvetleaf or gazania will be ideal. Fans of plants with ornamental foliage should bet on Japanese hops, whose bright green leaves will add variety to your balcony in no time.
How to install flowers on a balcony?
In addition to choosing the right plants, it is also important to display them properly. Balcony pot holders allow you to mount flower boxes on the balustrade without drilling. The adjustable clamps fit most types of railings - both metal and masonry. They give you more space on your balcony and the flowers are beautifully displayed at eye level.
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Now you know what to consider when choosing the best plants for your balcony and what patio flowers you can opt for to adorn your balcony all year round. All that's left now is to buy decorative pots and balcony stands and the most important – balcony flowers. If you still need help, we are happy to advise and help you create that small, but all-important, private balcony garden.
