This year's gardening season has begun and life is increasingly being moved from indoors to outdoors. Giving new life to old furniture is very trendy this year. Especially if you have brought home far too many flowers, your talent for improvisation is in demand. Planted baskets made from different materials, such as rattan, wicker or pots, create beautiful visual accents and exude a warm and natural atmosphere. They are suitable for the balcony and terrace as well as for indoor use. In this article you will find instructions and many tips on how you can plant a wicker basket yourself.
The planted wicker baskets bring the flowers into your home in an unusual and beautiful way and immediately catch the eye. The muted colors and natural material give every room or garden a special charm and ensure coziness and comfort. But in order for the basket to be waterproof, it must also be lined accordingly.
Step-by-step instructions
To plant your wicker basket you will need:
- A wicker basket
- A tear-resistant film
- Potting soil
- Moos
- Plant
- expanded clay
- Line the wicker basket. –So that your basket doesn't deteriorate too quickly and get wet, you should definitely line it well. This is best done with a waterproof, tear-resistant film, such as a robust plastic bag or garbage bag. Simply lay out the entire base and let the foil hang a little over the edge.
- Drainage –You will also need a coaster for your wicker basket. To do this, cut several holes in the bottom of the film so that excess water can drain away. However, it is important to remember that the basket will become very wet from below if it is watered too much or too often. Another good option is to water a little more sparingly and create a drainage layer as the bottom layer - add some gravel or broken expanded clay to the basket as the bottom layer.
- Fill the wicker basket with soil and plant. –You should always use high-quality potting soil and, for all long-term bloomers, it is best to mix in a small portion of slow-release fertilizer immediately.Now fill the baskettwo-thirds full of soil and then place your plants or tubers in the desired locations. You can plant densely - a certain spacing is not absolutely necessary. Just remember that the larger plants should grow in the middle and the smaller ones on the edges. Then fill the wicker basket with soil to about 2-3 centimeters below the edge.
- Cover the open spaces. –So that neither the foil at the edge nor bare earth can be seen, cover the free areas with pieces of moss. Alternatively, mulch, pebbles or something else can be used.
- Decorate wicker basket. –Depending on whether you want to place the wicker basket in the garden or indoors, you can decorate it in very different ways.
Which flowers are best?
A basket can be planted seasonally and that's why we give you a few suggestions for the different seasons.
- Planting wicker baskets in spring. –Flowers such as lilies of the valley, violets, daffodils or beautiful tulips are best suited for this.
- In summeryou comeYou just can't get past the beautiful flowers. Their colors and abundance of flowers are simply beautiful. In addition, they are so diverse that it is difficult to decide. However, it is best to choose delicate daisies, petunia, sage, rose-flowered geraniums or garden chrysanthemums.
- In autumnFlowers such as dahlias, autumn chrysanthemums and heather bring lots of color into your home.
Plant the wicker basket with fresh herbs
Growing your own herbs is trendy again this year. After all, herbs are the spice of life and should not be missing in any garden. Some not only taste good, but also bloom beautifully. Sage, oregano, rosemary and chives could easily pass for ornamental plants. The herbs can be roughly divided into annual and perennial plants. We'll tell you right away what you should pay particular attention to and which types go well together.
- Each herb has different requirements for its location.
- Do not mix annual and perennial herbs together.
- Always place tall plants in the middle or in the background.
- Only plant drought-loving plants on the edges.
Unfortunately, not all herbs are social plants. The solitary species include, for example, lemon balm and sage. You should also definitely avoid a few combinations, as the plants would get in each other's way due to their growth. That would then be:
- Lemon balm and basil
- Peppermint and chamomile
- Dill and tarragon
- Coriander and fennel
Of course, there are also varieties that get along well and with which you can plant your wicker basket:
- Dill, parsley, cress, chervil and marjoram
- Rosemary, thyme, chives, tarragon and sage.
