Hanging baskets delivered to Winchester

Winchester is a city of period terraces, flint and brick cottages and short front gardens, where a basket by the door often does the job a front garden would do somewhere roomier. That changes what works, and it puts the fixing ahead of the flowers.

What suits a Winchester home

• Terraces and townhouses – a matched pair of 30–35cm baskets either side of the door, on brackets sized for the watered weight rather than the empty one.
• Flint and old brick walls – fix into sound brick, not flint or crumbling lime mortar, with fixings suited to the wall. The fixings guide covers wall types.
• Listed buildings – much of the city centre is historic. If your home is listed, check with Winchester City Council before drilling into the front, or use a basket stand that needs no fixing at all.
• Flats and courtyards – small baskets, hanging and railing planters, and artificial displays that never need a watering can carried up the stairs.

Watering in a chalk-country summer

A basket in full sun on a south-facing Winchester wall can need water every day in July. A few things make that easier:

• Choose a 35cm basket or larger – more compost holds more water.
• Use a liner that holds moisture, or an easy-fill plastic basket with a reservoir.
• Hampshire’s mains water is hard, so flush drip-kit emitters now and then to stop limescale blocking them – see watering kit.

Areas we cover around Winchester

Alongside Winchester itself we post to Kings Worthy, Twyford, Alresford, Otterbourne, Chandler’s Ford and Eastleigh, and to the rest of Hampshire, on exactly the same terms. Nearby, see our pages for Southampton, Basingstoke and Portsmouth.