Grow Plants in Planters That Hang on Your Fence

Hanging potted plants on fences may seem like a new fad to some but it has been around for a long time. Dollar General now carries a metal hanging pot that has its own hook making it easy to drape the pot over any wooden fence. The only size they currently sell comes in a six inch diameter size, and they cost two dollars each.

These hanging pots come in a few colors; blue, red, green, purple, yellow and pink. Red seems to be the more popular color probably because people are trying to attract humming birds to their yards. Whatever the case may be, these particular hanging pots are becoming increasingly popular.

The ease of using these hanging pots is rather simple. Choose the plant you want to have in it. Make sure that it can grow in a four or five inch diameter pot and slide it into place. Hook it onto your fence. Voila! You are done!

The best thing about these hanging pots is that you can transfer your full sun seedlings into them until they are big enough to plant in the ground. This will give you ample time to weed your gardens, amend the soil and cultivate some mulch into it.

You may have a wide variety of plants that require full sun. These will come in handy for those sun loving plants of yours. Try not to forget to water them. Since they are made of metal, you may not want to place soil directly into them as they will eventually rust from watering the plants.

Reading this you may find that you can re-invent this idea to fit the size pot you want to grow. A flat "S" hook with some linked chain would be ideal and stand up to most weather. Maybe you know how to work with wood. You could come up with all sorts of ideas to match this one.

A person who knows how to work with metal could definitely make a larger version of what Dollar General sells for larger plants. Of course, you don't want to get the plant too large or it may break the planks of wood on the fence from all the weight upon them.

Pretty soon you may find your fence lined with hanging plants all around it if you aren't careful. But then of course your yard would be quite a show to sit out and take in the beauty. You may want to keep a watchful eye on the birds and squirrels that might want to take nest in your new fence plants.