I've planted the two, side by side, troughs under my north-east facing kitchen window and under my south-west facing lounge window and am hoping for a beautiful display. Under the kitchen, where it only gets the morning sun (partial sun), I have planted trailing begonia, bacopa, and white trailing lobelia.
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| Trailing Begonia 'Illustration: Rose' with lobelia and bacopa |
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| Trailing Begonia 'Illustration 'Light Pink' & 'Rose' with lobelia and bacopa |
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| geranium |
For years now I have grown pelargoniums, or zonal geraniums - whatever they are currently called. (Actually, geraniums are not pelargoniums, as far as I am aware). Anyway, whatever they are, I have grown them year after year, taking cuttings, putting them in borders, on window ledges and they just keep on going. This year I have planted some in the trough under the lounge window so that I can admire the flowers from inside too.
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| Pink, red and white pelargoniums in a garden bed 2011 |
The plant holder below is a long trough and holds a lot of plants but it is in a very hot position when the sun is out and shining on them from the south, and so I have lined the trough with black plastic binbags to hold in the water. Actually, I did the same with the kitchen window troughs (which get very little water from rainfall due to the bungalow's eaves.
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| Pelargoniums, trailing white lobelia, and trailing pelargoniums |
I'll post more photos when the plants are in bloom.
