I am looking forward to some of the answers.... I live in South Florida, I use begonias.... I have seen them in baskets in NH too.

Take a look at this link. There are many which might fit your situation. Good luck with those.

https://www.thespruce.com/flower-hanging-baskets-1315952

Fuschia

Interesting replies. Thanks! I'm going to see if I can find any fuscias or hanging geraniums this late in the season.

Calibrachoas are coming in such gorgeous colors these days. It looks like your basket does get some sun. They need some sun, and bush out covered with flowers

Here is a window box I have on the front of my balcony railing. It gets plenty of SW sun. The pink flowers at either end are Cherry Star calibrachoa. In the middle are some yellow marigolds and Bandana Pink lantana. You can't see the trailing variegated vinca vines coming down the front, but they are there.

I have hanging baskets with fuschia in it and they are beautiful. Fuschia actually like some shade. I've also seen wax begonias (which can also deal with some shade) used very prettily in baskets.

This fuschia is Night Eyes.

I had several hanging baskets at my last house, in all different sun/light conditions ... by far, my favorite plant for them was portulaca.

These are google images below because I can’t find my photos right now. But I had them in full sun, part sun, and almost full shade and they all thrived and bloomed non-stop. They also don’t have to be watered constantly, or need pinching/deadheading. I love them.

If I were you, I’d search around and try to find them already full like these. Our Farmer’s Market always has them in plastic hanging baskets, and I remove the hanging parts and just set the plastic pot in my iron baskets with coco liner.

Lobelias can be great for hanging baskets, too, but my summer (Tx) gets too hot for them. Not sure how they’d do in your area.

Interesting.... I did not know that portulaca could take shade.... yours are very pretty. I do love your lobellia.... it is hard to grow here in Florida zone 10 too

Sharon, they’re all google images ... I’m on a different computer and don’t have my yard photos on it.

This year I’m doing bougainvillea in hanging baskets, but they’re in too much shade and aren’t flowering well. I’m going to have to move them (they’re annuals for me).

Thats a potential issue with portulaca in too much shade, in some climates. My shadiest one got just a bit of morning sun and bloomed wonderfully. As you know, being in Florida, a little sun in the south is like all day in cooler climates. :D

Petunia is very colorful.

Or geranium

second portulaca and lobelia. They have few pests or diseases, will bloom all season. I have been able to overwinter both in a sunny window as well. Petunias are nice until they aren't....Fuschias are nice but they sometimes succumb to heat mid summer.. Calibrachoa could work if they get enough sun/light..

Jinx, can you give more info about your portulaca? I'm curious because the baskets look beautiful (would love to see yours) but portulaca is the last thing I would have thought of for hanging baskets. In my gardening experience, portulaca barely makes it over 6 inches tall, and often shorter. I love portulaca and I've been growing it (usually from seed) for 25 years and wonder if you grow a different variety. Mine is short and has smaller, longer, thinner leaves than the photos. So I'm curious as to what you are growing.

It is a tough little plant! I put lots of it by the street, which is full hot blazing afternoon sun, plus the heat of the asphalt (no sidewalks) in very poor, rocky, sandy soil, and it does great. I've even found it reseeded in the cracks in the street and have dug it up to move it and save it! I can definitely see it surviving in a hanging basket, just can't see it (mine at least) trailing and making a nice visual show.

Thanks!
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Dee

Hi, Dee ... I’m sorry, I should’ve been more specific! The ones I’ve always used for baskets and containers are the purslane variety. They have the more round leaves and get fuller.

I finally found a few pics from my last house ... I had two matching hanging baskets on either side of our garage door. I bought them already full like this and just set the nursery pot in my basket. They flowered this heavily the entire summer to fall.

Here’s one:

Two pots:

Yellow in a lot of shade:

This year, I put a few in a large pot with my Hyacinth Bean vine (to fill the front). I love this little striped one! (A rogue sweet potato vine came back from last year.)

I rotate the baskets every few days to even out the exposure. Trailing Lobelia is lovely in baskets. Last couple of years I have used varieties of petunias, 2 per basket.

Ahh, that explains it! Thanks, Jinx! Very pretty - I love the foliage on these. Can't believe I've never seen these before. And nice to know they do well in shade, since I have a lot of it!

BTW, what is the lovely tree behind the yellow basket? Such beautiful bark!

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Dee

I would also suggest torenias. They do well in the shade.

Dee, it’s a Crape Myrtle ... I had matching ones in beds flanking our entrance. I miss them (and that house/yard/my other CMs) so much!

Beautiful, Jinx! Thank you!

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Dee

Well I ended up with torenias. Thanks to getgoing100 for the suggestion. Your prize is in the mail - 1 case of satisfaction for helping out!

I didn't want to spend a lot this late in the year, especially when I'm still trying to learn what works in this spot (got a whole flat of 24 for $13.50). It looks like it gets full sun but it really doesn't. I lowered the baskets as much as I could without looking weird and the edge of the pots still don't see full sun. What I can say is that I tried begonias last year and the two in the front did OK but the one on the side got burnt out. It gets full western sun late in the day.

So I just potted them and they're a bit of a mess but we'll see what happens. The nursery admitted they looked beat up because they were a bit overwatered. I hope in a couple of weeks they will be filling out the basket.

Maybe fuchsia next year if these bomb out! lol.

Fuschias are great except they hate hot weather. Torenias like it warmer but stall in cool weather. Also, watch out for aphids, powdery mildew (with the roof, they will probably not get too much rain so hopefully they are fine). If they stop blooming you may have to deadhead (fuschias are great that way and I haven't seen aphids on them). Good luck.

Torenias are beautiful - surprised you found any this late in the season. IME, they aren't one of the more popular annuals around me.

You may have mentioned that you do this already, but do you rotate the baskets? Either rotate the actual placement of the baskets, or at least turn them so they change sides to the sun? That might help things.

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Dee

Thanks, Dee. I'll keep an eye on how they are doing and will rotate periodically.

BTW, torenias cuttings root easily in water. I do that with wind damaged branches.

I am a new can of purslane. My front gets crazy morning to mid day sun (think really hot door handles!) and I struggled with plants that would survive. This the first year I've used purslane and it is a champ! Beautiful blooms, great habit of closing blooms in evening and reopening in the morning, no need for excessive watering. Love them, yes I do.

Maybe I'll try purslane next year, mzdee. The torenias are looking pretty good on one side but I think they are getting burned out on the sunny side. I might get more hours of sun later in the day than I realize and that might be enough to cause a problem. No direct sun on any of my hanging pots until maybe 4 pm, but then full late sun on two of the pots which are showing signs of dying out. I assume it is sun and not fungal.