There are many ways to present plants in a space-saving way. We show how a rope ladder with hanging plants becomes a real eye-catcher.

Flowers are a great addition to any garden or balcony, but they also need plenty of space. Inhabitants of small households in particular are therefore always on the lookout for ideas for growing plants that take up as little space as possible. A great way to save space is, for example, "vertical gardening" - here the plants are not planted next to each other, but on top of each other. What sounds complicated can be easily imitated at home: In this article, we explain how to build a great hanging basket out of an old rope ladder.

An old rope ladder can be found unused in many households. With a bit of craftsmanship and simple materials, you can turn the unused ladder into a decorative and useful hanging basket.

Required material for a planted rope ladder

If you think that you need a lot of complex materials to build a flower ladder, you are wrong. In fact, most things can be found in every household, because you only need:

  • Rope Ladder
  • Flower Pots
  • cord
  • Potting Soil
  • stones
  • Flower Fertilizer
  • Plants
  • Drilling Machine
  • Scissors

Procedure when planting the rope ladder

If you want to make your own flower ladder, you should start by preparing the individual plant pots first. Flower pots made of metal are best suited for the flower ladder. Plastic pots have the disadvantage that they weather quickly and are often not that durable. Terracotta and clay, on the other hand, are often too heavy for the ladders and are also difficult to work with by laypeople. In the case of pots that do not yet have any holes for water drainage on the underside, these should be drilled with a drill - otherwise there is a risk that the plants will later suffer from waterlogging. In addition, you should drill two opposite holes a few centimeters below the edge of the flower pot. The cord can then go through these holesmust be pulled from which the flower pots are to hang later.

Hole holes in the metal flower pots prevent waterlogging

Now the individual flower pots can be planted. To do this, you should first fill a thin layer of pebbles in the individual pots - this also ensures better drainage. Now a high-quality potting soil can be filled in. In order to enable the flowers to grow optimally, it is advisable to mix the soil with a primarily organic flower fertilizer such as our Plantura organic flower fertilizer in order to create a sufficient concentration of nutrients for the plants. After planting, the flowers should also be watered sufficiently to allow them to grow optimally.

Now the rope ladder comes into play: This is placed in a suitable place (the flower ladder looks particularly good hanging freely). Then the individual flower pots are attached to a rung of the rope ladder with strings so that they hang in the gaps. With smaller flowerpots, several plants can be attached to one rung - groups of three, in which the individual plants have different heights, work particularly well here.

The flower pots are tied to the rungs of the rope ladder

Examples and ideas for flower rope ladders

Would you like to design a flower ladder yourself, but you don't know which plants should be placed here? We have selected a few inspirations for you.

In fact, you can use almost any plant for the flower ladder that can be cultivated as a container plant. However, hanging plants such as the fuchsia (Fuchsia), the petunia (Petunia) or the masculine (Lobelia erinus) look particularly good ) in the airy location. However, evergreen plants such as ivy (Hedera helix) or string peas (Senecio rowleyanus) also cut a fine figure - with their long, hanging shoots they are extremely decorative.

There are no limits to your imagination when planting a flower rope ladder

If you don't just value the look, but also like to think practically, you can also set up a cooking ladder instead of a flower ladder: Many herbs such as basil (Ocimum basilicum), thyme ( Thymus) or rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) are excellent for cultivating in flower pots. An insider tip for the hanging baskethere is the hanging mint (Satureja douglasii), also known as Indian Mint, which not only impresses with its taste, but also with its up to 1.5 meter long, hanging shoots. Hanging strawberry varieties (Fragaria) or potted blackberries (Rubus fruticosus) are also ideal for cultivation on a ladder.

The flower ladder is particularly environmentally friendly if you equip it with bee-friendly plants. In contrast to many highly cultivated balcony flowers, these contain enough nectar and pollen to provide the hard-working helpers with sufficient food. When assembling the individual types of flowers, you should make sure that you use both early bloomers and autumn flowers so that the bees can find enough food all year round.

You can find out here which plants are particularly suitable for bee-friendly flower boxes.

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Garden Design