"rbel" wrote
Our two large hanging baskets have been a bit of a failure this year.
Planted with two types of white Surfina petunias, one of the types (a
Tumbelina) have not flowered.

The garden centre have offered a refund and we are thinking of
replanting with something else that will give a good display through
until late autumn. The colour scheme needs to be either white or red.
I imagine that trailing geraniums are still available. Can anyone
suggest alternatives (other than begonias which we are not keen on).


If you can't grow those well and get lots of flowers you probably have a
problem. The first thing is to find out what and cure that before spending
more money.
What compost did you use?
What type of basket is it? (Plastic with a water reservoir or if wire or
wicker, is it lined, did you use the water retaining granules?)
How often did you water and when?
Did you water enough, did the water get down into the basket and not just
run off?
How often did you feed?
Full sun or shade?
Where in the UK are you?
Answer all those and we will have a better idea of what caused you to fail
and then can suggest other plants to try.

-- Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK