Plants for West and East Facing Balcony Garden

East facing balcony receives 6 to 8 hours of sun, often between 8 am. to 1 pm., the benefit of such balcony is that you can save your plants from the harsh afternoon sun.

East facing balconies are better to grow flowers that love tender sunlight. If exposure to the sun is about 6 hours, you can grow geraniums and hollyhocks. Daisies, daffodils, lilies, cosmos, and verbena are a good choice too. Pansies love these growing conditions, nemesia is one more flower that you can grow in hanging baskets. Petunias and lobelias can be grown too, except north facing balconies, which remain shady all the time, most of the flowers are common. Miniature roses can also be tried.

Some beautiful blue color flowering plants you can grow are Streptocarpus (cape primrose) and butterfly pea vine (for tropics) One more everblooming perennial is Catharanthus, it blooms in many colors, throughout the spring, summer, and fall. In warm regions, it thrives year round and likes the eastern exhibition.

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On the east facing balcony, where the sun shines from morning to early afternoon, you can grow almost all the herbs you like, in shallow but wide planters and window boxes.

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The main benefit of the east facing balcony is that it doesn’t receive harsh sun. Among the vegetables, it is best to grow miniature (cherry) tomatoes, garlic, green onions, peas, spinach, and other leafy greens.

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Grow common morning glory; its blue colored large cup-shaped flowers look exquisite when open up to greet the morning sun. Other climbers you can grow are Black-eyed Susan, bleeding heart, clematis, and sweet pea vine.

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