They'll provide a colorful display on your patio all summer long. Virtually any container will work, as long as there is a hole in the bottom for drainage and room for enough soil. To ensure continuous bloom, pinch off the old blossoms as they wither. I'd like to have hanging planters filled with flowers on my patio this summer. Most flowers that do well in hanging containers prefer filtered sunlight.
Morning sun is fine, but direct afternoon sun can burn tender leaves.
During the summer, your hanging plants will need to be watered every day because they are exposed on all sides to the heat and breezes. They should also be fed with a liquid fertilizer every few weeks, because the constant watering will rob them of necessary nutrients. Some of my favorite hanging flowering plants are petunias, hanging geraniums, impatiens and fuchsias, which come in many vivid colors. I'd like to plant a perennial border along one side of my garden next to a fence. The primroses will flower first in early spring, followed by the Sweet William, peonies, iris and poppies.