Good flowering plants for hangng baskets?

[kira000]

Hi,
Just bought 2 bargain hanging baskets from Homebase- reduced from �9.99 each to 50p as the flowering plants in them had finished flowering. The foliage- variagated ivy, a small conifer, and a couple of other green leaved plants are all fine.

I'm planning to take out the finished plants, and replace them, but i'm humming and haa'ing about what i can put in to replace them for some colour.

Any ideas? Pref something that tumbles over a little, and will flower this winter..

TIA.

[Hawkwalk]

winter pansy or primroses are both good for some winter colour and you can buy them now. Also you could plant some spring flowering bulbs underneath so that they flower just as the pansy and primroses finish giving you even longer before you need to re-plant.

[coccinelle]

Nothing I can think of tumbles in winter. A heather is nice throughout winter, pansies (as hawkwalk says) but you could add something like baubles strung onto wire for a Christmasy scene. I added artificial frosted berries and holly in mine a couple of years ago, they must have looked good cos' my baskets got stolen!

[caber tosser]

may i suggest a few crocusses surrounded by a few snowdrops mixied colours of course please rember these plants are normally at ground level so plant deep in the baskets protect against the wind