Basket Flower
Hanging baskets are a great way to add a vertical dimension of color and interest in your yard.
Basket flower. Carl told me it was a little known wildflower that should be in the nursery trade because it is so easy to grow with such fantastic flowers. The flower heads are 4 5 in. Annual with a stout leafy much branched stem and lavender pink filamentous flower heads with cream colored centers.
Basket flower plectocephalus americanus annual garden and wildflower of the family asteraceae native to southwestern north america. Hanging baskets containers and flower pouches add a whole new dimension to gardening helping to utilize all the available space. Wide and are subtended by fringed bracts.
The plant looks similar to the thistles but lacks their prickly characteristics. This flower may be the perfect candidate for a hanging basket. American basket flower is a 1 1 2 5 ft.
With hanging baskets and flower pouches you can brighten up a sunny wall or with the right choice of plants even add color to those tricky shady areas. Flower girls these days are most often found in weddings carrying their baskets of flowers and sprinkling petals as they go. Whether it s a birthday anniversary or to simply say congratulations we can assure you that by arranging a pretty scented flower basket delivery you will hit the right spot.
Many flowers suitable for hanging baskets are pendulous top heavy or creeping characteristics that can be a challenge in a garden but perfect for decorative display in a container at eye level or higher. See more ideas about hanging flower baskets plants hanging baskets. Combining colors such as pink and purple is a popular option.
Resembling a spineless thistle the basket flower grows up to 150 cm 5 feet tall and has stout branching stems that bear oblong leaves arranged alternately. Tall cylindrical baskets with graceful hooped handles became a traditional container for funeral flowers. Mar 11 2020 explore hookedonvintage s board basket of flowers followed by 631 people on pinterest.
If there s an important occasion coming up you might be thinking about the perfect gift to send. Flower baskets and hanging pots compliment porches fences and entryways. Many years ago wildflower expert carl hunter gave me some seeds from a flower that he said i would be ecstatic over.
American basket flower january 1 1970. The most popular hanging basket flower is the gorgeous petunia.
