With the good weather it is normal that you want to give color to your terrace, or to your garden. And, as you know, you can do that with plants. But, beyond those you plant, Why not also bet on hanging and resistant outdoor plants?
These will have no problem being outside and withstanding the heat or the sun. In return, they will give you a nice coloring in the landscape. Want to know what’s up?
Senecio rowleyanus
The rosary plant, as it is commonly called, is one of the most beautiful ones one can have, especially since its leaves are actually small balls of intense green. Actually, there is a variegated variety, in which the balls and some stems are white and greengiving it an even more special touch.
This succulent is one of the hardy, hanging outdoor plants, although in this case it needs partial shade, as direct sun could scorch it and wipe out the plant altogether.
It should be placed in a pot with plenty of drainage and relatively little watering. You will see how in a short time it starts to come out of the pot and will eventually cover it.
bougainvillea
Bougainvillea is one of the toughest hanging outdoor plants you can find. It’s actually a vine, but no one tells you you can’t have it as a hanging plant. (Although there will come a time when you have to put it another way, especially if it grows a lot.
It is deciduous, but if you have a temperate climate all year round, maybe not the first few years, but when it gets used to it, it can continue to flower all year round.
Verbena
Another of the hardy hanging outdoor plants you can consider is verbena, a hardy flowering plant that can be in full sun without being affected.
Put it in a hanging pot and you will see how it grows and shows a very beautiful (and showy) flowering. And it is that its small pink and fuchsia flowers will attract anyone’s attention.
This, yes, it needs you to water it very frequently (You will notice that the leaves wilt when they lack water).
creeping lantana
Don’t be confused by its name. It is true that this plant is creeping and is used to cover the ground. But the truth is, you can also plant it in a pot, hang it up, and the plant overflowed the edge of the pot and started hanging down. If that’s what you’re looking for, it’s one of the nicest you can have outdoors (and it’ll withstand the heat and the sun perfectly, in fact the more the more it will produce flowers).
These can be yellow, purple or white.
As for watering, it’s not that she needs it much, she can handle a bit of drought, but don’t leave it too long or she’ll stop flowering.
Nasturtium
The Tropaeolum majus we can say that one of the characteristic flowers of summer. And it is that, at this time, quite large flowers bloom, in orange, yellow, red or even two-tone.
This, yes, you need to water it quite frequently because it likes full sun, but this dries it out very quickly; and since it flowers a lot, it soon runs out of nutrients.
Also, a curious fact about this plant is that you can eat the flowers. Try including them in a salad and find out how they taste.
Alto
Another usually creeping plant, the violet, can also become a pendant by putting it in such a pot. You won’t notice it at first, but then it will start to slide out of the pot and fall out of the pot.
You can put it both in partial shade and in full sun. And most importantly, it is resistant not only to heat, but also to frost and low temperatures. An SUV.
Fuchsia
Also known (in fact almost more than its name) as “Queen’s Earrings” or “Queen’s Earrings”. Even if we talk about a bush (and so you can have it in the garden), the truth is that it is marketed more as a hanging pot.
The most striking thing about it are its flowers, bell-shaped with two main colors, red and white.
It blooms profusely, but you need to place it in a place where it gets plenty of sun (if it’s too intense, then part shade). In addition, watering must be very frequent, up to one or two a day, because it requires a lot of water and it does not like dry soil (if this happens the plant will die).
On the Internet you can find hybrid varieties with flowers of many other colors.
Calibrachoa
Another of the hanging and resistant outdoor plants that could well compete with the Nasturtium that we have already told you about is this one. It is true that it is a little smaller (in terms of the flowers and the general size of the plant). But even so, the flowers are very pretty, with red undertones and yellow flecks making each flower unique.
It needs warm temperatures all year round and therefore it will remain perennial all year round. Of course, he doesn’t like the cold at all.
hanging petunia
We continue with more resistant and hanging outdoor plants. And, again, one with a flower. The hanging petunia attracts a lot of attention for its floweringespecially since if you take good care of it, it could become a flowerpot (of which you can barely see the leaves).
It grows very, very fast, to the point that it flowers the same year you plant it (spring to fall).
On the market you can find many flowering plants of different colors, even two-color.
As for your care, It needs direct light and frequent watering.
Potho
If you’re not too fond of having flowering hanging plants, And if you tested the pothos? The truth is that there are different strains to choose from, and these grow very well outdoors.
All you have to do is find a place for them in partial shade (because the direct sun in the first few years may not support it) and water them from time to time. In turn, due to light, the leaves may change color or become variegated.
As you can see, there are many sturdy, hanging outdoor plants that you could have in your garden, terrace or balcony. Do you recommend others that you like?