Lift your spirits (and your space) with hanging planters that dangle and dance in the wind.
A hanging basket filled to the brim with plants is the miracle cure to brightening up a drab space. Indoors, they soften corners and bring life to high shelves or sunny windows, turning empty air into living art. Outdoors, they sway in the breeze, bringing life to patios, balconies, and verandahs with cheerful blooms and lush trailing foliage. If garden space is a problem, airborne gardens are your solution. If indoor pots cover every corner of your floor, hanging planters are the answer.
Spring is a great time to add hanging planters to your space, indoors or outdoors. From cheery annual bloomers to long and dangly green creepers, we have an extensive range of plants to lift the spirits.
Outdoor Hanging Baskets
When it comes to outdoor hanging baskets, more is more. Each planter should brim with lush growth to maximise impact. Experiment with mixing and matching colours, textures, heights, and lengths. If you prefer to stick with one plant per basket, play with repetition instead. Arrange your planters in groups of three, five, or seven for a natural sense of balance.
The Best Trailing Plants For Shade
Soleirolia soleirolii
Soleirolia soleirolii
Begonia
Begonia foliosa Fancy Pants
Sedum spurium Chocolate Blob
Sedum rupestre Gold Blob
Grey Blob
Silver Blob
Speckled Blob
Camellia Marge Miller
Camellia Marge Miller
Farfugium japonicum
Farfugium japonicum
Fuchsia
Fuchsia Happy Bells
Fuchsia Big and Bold
Fuchsia Fuchsita
Fuchsia Leonora Double
Fuchsia Coralle
Geranium Rozanne
Geranium Rozanne
Glechoma Creeping Charlie Variegated
Heuchera
Lamium
Pachysandra terminalis
Viola labradorica
The Best Trailing Plants For Sun
Indoor Hanging Baskets
When it comes to indoor hanging planters, think of them as living art suspended in air. Choose plants that thrive in your home’s light conditions and don’t be afraid to mix textures and tones. Lush ferns, glossy philodendrons, and soft trailing vines all play beautifully together. Hanging planters look best in clusters, so experiment with varying heights and pot styles to create depth and interest.
Need More Inspiration?
Look up on your next outing to a restaurant or public space, and you’ll likely find a sea of green. For inspiration on how to fill your own planters, visit the Conservatory at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens or In the Hanging Gardens in Hobart. While trailing plants are the obvious choice for hanging planters, using the vertical height of small perennials such as Farfugium japonicum or clipped bonsai can add an element of suspense and elegance to any setting.
Plant Growers Australia has some wonderful examples of adding cheerful colour to outdoor spaces, including using the Convolvulus Moon collection, Heucheras, and using a mixed planter of Farfugium japonicum and Dichondra ‘Silver Falls’.
Inside the home, there are no limits other than ensuring plants receive adequate light. Indoor plant expert Craig Miller-Randle uses elkhorn fern (Platicerium species) as hanging décor and uses his stairwell to frame hanging ferns and trailing plants. If you’re unsure whether your indoor hanging plants are getting enough light, take a look at our latest article on how much light plants really need.
