Best bedding plants.

Not colourful ( mainly because I prefer them in white but they do come in other colours) but Bacopa are my favourite bedding plants. They also survive the winter if it isn’t too harsh. I’ve just been to a garden centre specifically to buy some and they’d sold out: thankfully as I was chatting to someone about cats ( as you do…) they bought another tray out and I bought the lot. I grow some in an old chimney; unfortunately they didn’t survive this winter, but I’m going to put some in smaller puts and move them under cover next winter.

shysal

*PinkCosmos*, Wave Petunias don't need deadheading, for which I m very grateful.

Thanks Shysal, I didn't know that

PinkCosmos

Geraniums for me. The trailing and the regular kind.

They flower for ages and can stand to be quite dry. I especially like the bright pink ones.

I also like petunias but get fed up with dead heading them.

Bizzy Lizzies are too flat for me. I like something with a bit of height.

I also like single coloured lobelia mass planted in a pot. I usually plant them under an hibiscus that I have in a large pot.

My bizzy lizzies grow up in a fairly un flat way😄
You get quite a mass of them if planted in pots.

PinkCosmos, Wave Petunias don't need deadheading, for which I m very grateful.

B9exchange

Bizzie Lizzies are disease resistant these days and no dead heading!

They’re brilliant!
I always have a couple of pots of them through Summer, constant flowering.

I like trailing geraniums in a terracotta pot, simple but so pretty.

I like trailing fuchsia in pots and baskets. Especially if in shade or semi shade.

Geraniums for me. The trailing and the regular kind.

They flower for ages and can stand to be quite dry. I especially like the bright pink ones.

I also like petunias but get fed up with dead heading them.

Bizzy Lizzies are too flat for me. I like something with a bit of height.

I also like single coloured lobelia mass planted in a pot. I usually plant them under an hibiscus that I have in a large pot.

Tx so much everyone!

Busy lizzies for me too, they’re no bother, just keep going and only need watering.

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My favourites are Petunia Tidal Wave. I have used them for the last few years. They climb and trail, scrambling everywhere. I love a profusion, neat and tidy they are not!
The growers seem to have had problems this year, mine still have not arrived and alternative ones are not ready until the end of June.
Pic shows my five-tier planter and patio last summer.

I’m another fan of the small begonias - they cope with all weather conditions, don’t need deadheading and flower profusely well into autumn. I can’t be doing with anything that needs constant watering and deadheading!

Are you bedding them in pots and baskets or the garden borders?
I like geraniums (pelargoniums) in the garden and am trying the trailing ones like they have in Switzerland and Germany in my baskets this year, because I got so fed up with dead heading petunias last year.
I have a friend who swears my begonias.

The small begonias, often with purpley coloured leaves. They are like little machines and take a great deal of neglect from me! Sold in packs in supermarkets as well as garden centres..

Petunias are good but look to see if it is a bush or trailer . They do a bedding fuschia . Blue lobelia are nice bush and trailing .

Bizzie Lizzies are disease resistant these days and no dead heading!

Petunias give instant colour - you just need to keep on top of the deadheading.
I also really like geraniums...