A few weeks ago, you told a lady what to do with her hanging basket begonia. Can you help me with an impatiens basket? It was so nice all fall and since bringing it inside, it has yellow leaves ...

As Mother’s Day approaches, garden centers are filled with hanging baskets. ISU Extension and Outreach explains special care considerations for these plants.

Here are two solutions to fungus problems: Use a sterile potting mix, and avoid contact with soil. Don't use implements that have been in contact with soil on the baskets containing impatiens.

Popular annual species for hanging baskets sold in Ohio include trailing petunias, geraniums, fuchsia, bacopa, trailing vinca vines, , New Guinea impatiens and begonias.

Other impatiens sold at Carroll’s are the New Guinea impatiens which do well with a little bit of sun and are good for hanging baskets, patio pots and gardens, she said.

The baskets containing a mix of white and burgundy impatiens are going up in the area around the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception along East Jefferson Street, South Warren Street, Montgomery ...

I grew impatiens in a pot last year, and they all died from that new disease. Do I have to replace the soil if I'm planting something else other than impatiens this year?

Container gardening has added a new dimension to the Cook`s Garden at Cantigny Gardens and Museums this year and Joe Vartiak`s imaginative combinations of pots and plants are giving visitors many i… ...

Popular annual species for hanging baskets sold in Ohio include trailing petunias, geraniums, fuchsia, bacopa, trailing vinca vines, , New Guinea impatiens and begonias.

Impatiens are a risky bet this year, but gardeners have options to replace these favorites in the landscape. Impatiens have been attacked by a deadly fungus called downy mildew.

Larger hanging baskets also work well, she said. Tietz did warn that New Guinea impatiens are subject to overwatering. ”It`s easier to overwater them than fuchsias,” she said.