Flower Baskets
These are not ordinary flower baskets; these vibrant flowers are a specific hybrid known for prolific long-flowering colors, as seen around the Town of Eatonville all summer long. Email to have your name added to the waitlist for next year's baskets. Already have yours? Email us pictures! We will have bags of nursery grade flower food for sale at Key Bank and Venture Bank for only $5. Thank you for supporting your community by supporting your Chamber of Commerce.
Meridith Weilert's basket in October 2004.
This four foot long basket flowered through December.
Flower
Basket Care and Fertilizing
The
Wave was hybridized to be used as ground cover. It's natural spreading
growth pattern makes it a perfect plant for hanging baskets. The Wave
will grow up to one inch or more per day on hot sunny days.
Because of its fast growth rate you must feed and water it heavily. We
recommend fertilizing every time you water the basket. A good balanced
fertilizer, like Miracle Grow or Peters, will do just fine. We recommend
15-30-15 or 20-10-20. Just follow the recommendations on the package for
fertilizing every time you water.
To get the most from your basket we also recommend "Dead Heading",
or picking, the dead flowers from the plant. This prolong the flowering
time for the basket and will help keep the plant full looking. Pick the
expired flower along with the short stem it is mounted on. Mounting the
baskets on swivels will make "Dead Heading" easier and keep
all 4 sides in the sun helping it grow fuller
One more suggestion that is not necessary, but will produce great results, is to use a Bloom Formula Fertilizer once a week. This will make the flowers stay longer and brighter. A typical Bloom Fertilizer has a high middle number of the formula (phosphorous) such as , 10-52-10 or 10-60-10. These can be found in Miracle Grow and Peters brands of fertilizers.
