How to Hang a Victorian Flower Planter
The Victorians had very precise ideas about landscaping. Gardens tended to be formal, with large areas of lawns, tree-lined carriage drives, and elaborate fountains, urns and other ornaments lining steps and balustrades. Flowers were often used as borders, and trellises and roses were very popular. Plants were seldom hung, but in the modern, more relaxed, era there is no reason to be squeamish when it comes to hanging your flowers in Victorian planters. Here are a few considerations.
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- Moderately Challenging
Instructions
Things You'll Need
- Victorian planters of iron, wire, or rattan
- Chains, wire and rope for hanging
- Appropriate Victorian flowers
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Determine where you would like to hang your flower planters. The Victorians loved pavilions, porches and gazebos. Those are logical places for your hanging planters. Rustic wood and cast iron benches were often strategically placed on garden walks and a planter hanging from a trellis or balustrade would certainly be in keeping with the spirit of the times.
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Choose your Victorian flower planter from available types. Wire flower baskets were very popular and are often available as garden antiques. Window boxes were often made of twisted or cast iron, and urn planters of limestone or iron are suitable for hanging if harmonized with appropriately supportive architectural support. Reproductions of birdhouses and wicker baskets can also make very attractive Victorian planters.
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Use rustic chains, twisted wires or ropes to support your Victorian hangers. Hang in symmetrical pairs on either side of porch stairs, or hang on a cast iron lamp post from the support arm.
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Grace your planters with representative Victorian flowers, such as Larkspur, Hydrangea, and Phlox. The Victorians were quite fond of roses; adorn a rose trellis with hanging baskets of different types of roses. Train vines around the supports of your hanging flower planters to intensify the Victoria look.
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Tips & Warnings
Balance your hanging Victorian flower planters with large urns at the supports or nearby. User rattan and wicker hangings in your indoor sun room and adorn your outdoor spaces with cast iron birdbaths, lawn balls, and fish ponds.
