What is growing in your balcony?
natureinspiredM_ 6B NJ
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Plants you can grow on balconies
Comments (1)We have tomato and pepper plants in our small garden, so far they are growing fine. Honestly, I did this small project last year and it is because I'm fond of researching about online. Thankfully I was able to join this site and yeah I'm new here but learning a lot....See MoreRelocating to NC or SC Growing Roses on a Balcony
Comments (2)Ladyrose, I live in the piedmont of NC and think it is a great climate for roses. You can grow many of the old garden roses which need some winter chill, and also many of the tenderer varieties of old and modern roses. I grow many plants in pots and leave them outside all winter for the most part. I don't know how they'll do this winter because we're having an unusually long very cold spell. Temperatures should be a good bit warmer in SC both in winter and summer. I think the tax laws are better in SC. There are several excellent rose nurseries in the Carolinas and in Virginia. We moved here from TX 24 years ago and have really appreciated the climate and scenery. Linda...See MoreVines for balcony that would grow in pots
Comments (5)Oh, you're in a great climate for some less-vigorous vines, OP! Consider: Clematis, Passiflora, Eccremocarpus, Hardenbergia, Thunbergia, Ipomoeas in general (consider Japanese morning glories, cypress vine, cardinal vine, moonflower, Ipomoea lobata, etc), Codonopsis grey-wilsonii, Codonopsis clematidea, Akebia, Cup-and-Saucer vine, Sollya heterophylla, Tropaeolum (the big flowered garden variety have spicy edible flowers! T. tricolor is fun and unusual), Aristolachia (with its wonderfully ODD flowers!), Dactylicapnos macrocapnos (this one is beautiful in shade). I lived for a while in z7/8 and all of the above grew very well there. I like creeping toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis) which is a tiny tiny plant that winds itself on rocks. Some people consider it a weed but I like it! It would certainly grow in a container on a balcony! PS: On a balcony care must be taken with very large climbers like Wisteria and Kiwi. How large are your containers? How sturdy the trellis? Do you expect to be able to root-prune?...See MoreWhat are you sowing this season? What do you grow on your balcony?
Comments (19)I have always wanted to grow Canterbury bells but the fact that they bloom the next year makes me think twice. I get what you mean about too many seedlings too little space. I always end up with several hundreds of them when I need tens. And I can't bring myself to snip them off so begins the struggle to give them all enough light....AT least you have space and need for what you are growing. I am thinking of moving some of mine outdoors or relatively warmer days. Even if my balcony has no sun these days, I am sure it is brighter than the windowsills. I have about 150 nemesias, 50 stocks, 100 petunias ….several petunias, mimulus and penstemon are damping off and I am trying to save them but secretly feeling relieved at their demise. :) I am lucky that the quantity of seeds is not something I ever have to worry about considering how few I need. On the winter sowing front, I am not sure if it is workable for me considering I get no sun in the area. After letting my sweet pea and poppy seeds sit around doing nothing outdoors for 15-20 days, I brought the pots inside so they could sprout (which they promptly did). I will put them out as soon as they seem big enough to fend for themselves. One of the pots has a peony in it which needs the winter chill, so sooner can go out again the better......See MorenatureinspiredM_ 6B NJ
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