Can you tell me of some nice, hanging or climbing perennial plants that will do well in planter boxes all year around?
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October 19th, 2009
I live in Kansas. Everything “dies off” in the winter, but the perennials, such as the Morning Glories come back. However, I don’t know how well Morning Glories would do in a planter box. Also would like some hanging plants that I could grow in a box that would come back.
Yes, I am trying to recreate the Hanging Garden’s of Babylon on my back deck in Kansas. It will be called Wonder of the World 2.1.com. I’m just lazy, though, and don’t want to replant stuff every year, so it might not be all that wondrous.
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Ivy is perennial, keeps its leaves during the winter, and hangs gracefully. You can also try:
honeysuckle
wisteria
passionflower
trumpet vines
clematis
vinca
@syz Wisteria! Been wanting to get that! Clematis too! Those were some great answers. Do you think they’d do well in a planter box?
My sweet potato vine didn’t die. Not sure if they usually do or not. I live in Mississippi in Zone 8.
I’ve had no trouble growing clematis in a planter. Wisteria may get too large without serious pruning.
Sedums also do very well in planters – there are tons of new varieties out there now. They tend to be drought tolerant too, which is nice on those days when you can’t get out to water the boxes.
@syz Really?? I just discovered that flower a couple of months ago, and flat fell in love. But, for, like 3 bulbs it’s $30 or something! Kind of an expensive experiment! What kind of light do they need?
Does Wisteria climb or hang?
@BBSDTfamily What does a sweet potato vine look like?
And without SERIOUS pruning every fall, Wisteria will get woody and not bloom. Morning Glories are annuals that reseed themselves.
My clematis comes back but I don’t grow it in pots.
@gailcalled Ya scarin’ me! Like, “Look out for the Wisteria monster!”
@Val123 Wisteria can pull out bricks/mortar & can pull/tear down a porch…it is a monster.
Ivy can also pull out mortar. What type of siding do you have?
Actually, it’ll be on a wooden deck.
I’m gonna have wisteria nightmares tonight!!!
@Val123 Well, then Ivy would be good as would most types of vinca. Even the annual version of vinca lasts all year for me in the mulch here in Wis.
I prefer to decorate my urns & boxes for winter with fake or real pine boughs-etc.
@SpatzieLover See, I just want the hanging garden of Kansalyon with no work! Nobody’s out there in the winter so I don’t care what it looks like! I bet you have a really nice house and yard. I try.
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