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Plants for Hanging Baskets
A SELECTION OF BASKET PLANTS GROUPED BY PREFERRED GROWING CONDITIONS
FULL SUN
| Abutilon megapotamicum variegatum |
| (flowering-maple) campanula isophylla (star-of- |
| Bethlehem) |
| Hoya carnosa variegata (wax plant) kalanchoe uniflora |
| Lobularia maritima (sweet alyssum) lotus bertholetii (winged pea) |
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| Mahernia verticillata (honey bells) passifiora caerulea, p. caerulea trifasciata, and other passionflowers |
| Sedum morganianum (burro's-tail) streptosolen jamesonii (orange browallia) |
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TROPICAL WARMTH, HUMIDITY
| Achimenes, all varieties begonia boweni and its hybrids |
| B. digswelliana |
| B. foliosa |
| B. fuchsioides |
| Cusus adenopodus |
| C. discolor |
| Columnea arguta |
| C. banksii |
| C. gloriosa, and many others episcia, all varieties ferns, many varieties, particularly |
| Nephrolepis |
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| Helxine soleirolii (baby's-tears) manettia bicolor (firecracker-vine) maranta massangeana pellioma dauveauana |
| P. pulchra |
| Philodendron micans, and many others pilea depressa |
| P. involucrata |
| P. repens |
| Schizocentron elegans (spanish shawl) selaginella, almost all kinds smilax mexicana syngonium, many varieties |
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FOR COOL SUN PORCH
| Cymbalaria muralis (kenilworth-ivy) |
| Fuchsia, many varieties |
| Hedera helix (english ivy), almost |
| All varieties lantana montevidensis (trailing |
| Lantana) lobelia, and other small, trailing |
| Annuals nepeta hederacea variegata |
| (variegated gill-over-the-ground) oxalis, many varieties |
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| Pelargonium peltatum (ivy-geranium), |
| All varieties |
| P. tomentosum (peppermint |
| Geranium) saxifraga stolonifera and var. |
| Tricolor (strawberry-begonia) senecio mikamoides (german or |
| Parlor ivy) |
| Tolmiea menziesii (piggyback plant) vinca major variegata (variegated |
| Periwinkle) |
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AVERAGE HOUSE
| Begonia varieties |
| Angel-wing types |
| Rhizomatous (star) types: |
| 'black magic' |
| 'cleopatra' |
| 'bow-nigra,' |
| And many others browallia speciosa major ceropegia debihs (devil's tongue) |
| C. woodii (rosary vine) . chlorophytum elatum vittatum (spider |
| Or airplane plant) ficus pumila (creeping fig) peperomia prostrata |
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| P. fosteriana |
| P. cubensis, and |
| Many others plectranthus australis |
| P. oertendahlii scindapsus aureus ("pothos" of |
| Florists) |
| S. pictus |
| Senecio confusus (orangeglow vine) serjania communis glabra setcreasea, callisia, tradescantia, |
| And zebrina |
| (inch-plants or wandering jew), |
| Many varieties |
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