I just thought it would be nice to share my recommendation of perennial plants that you might want to consider growing on your balcony. I am not a professional gardener, so these are just from four years of my limited experience of balcony gardening in the Windy city.
GREAT
- Clematis -> needs leading and trimming but pretty low maintenance. almost impossible to kill it.
- Phlox -> very strong. grows a lot.
- Campanula -> it grows at decent rate.
- Dianthus -> depending on the specie, some gets weaker over the years.
- Blue Salvia -> it pretty much sustains the original size.
- Iris -> very strong. it should not be planted with other plants.
- Lily -> not over powering but very durable.
OK
- Muscari -> it came back every year but got weaker each time.
- Lupine -> it was fine for the first 2 years. do not like humidity.
- Mum -> some looked very weak the second year.
BAD
- French Lavender -> totally died after the first winter.
- Any potted tree -> we killed two firs and a plum tree.
- Oswego Tea -> cannot stop growing. it'll take over your entire balcony. it looks like a weed.
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