What flowers to grow on balconies with different orientations? Choose the right flowers and it becomes a sea of blooms

These days more and more people love growing flowers, and flower lovers always grow some plants on their balconies, because balcony flowers make the balcony lively, and fragrant flowers also make the balcony wonderfully fragrant. But everyone knows that not all flowers suit a balcony, and balconies facing different directions suit different flowers. Understanding which kinds of flowers your balcony suits is very important.

Because balconies differ in position, direction and shape, the plants grown on them differ too. Below is an introduction to what flowers suit which balconies.

Flowers suitable for a south-facing balcony

A south-facing balcony generally gets fairly abundant sunlight, the light duration is relatively long, and ventilation is good. In short, a south-facing balcony is fairly suitable for growing flowers that like sunlight and are relatively drought-tolerant, so the flowers can receive sunlight for a relatively long time, which benefits their growth.

Most of the flowers we usually grow are said to like sunlight fairly well and are fairly suitable for a south-facing balcony, for example night-blooming jasmine (cestrum nocturnum), jasmine, Chinese rose, geranium, chrysanthemum, cactus, begonia, nasturtium, poinsettia, golden coreopsis, petunia and so on and so on, all of these are very suitable for growing on a south-facing balcony.

Flowers suitable for a west-facing balcony

A west-facing balcony gets no sun for most of the day, and only in the afternoon does sunlight reach it. But in summer the afternoon sun is very strong and the balcony gets fairly hot, so when growing flowers on a west-facing balcony you have to think more about its sunlight issue.

For a west-facing balcony, it is generally best to choose flowers that are not afraid of strong sunlight, such as wisteria, morning glory, cypress vine, honeysuckle and so on. These flowers are fairly suitable for a west-facing balcony, and some of them can also shade the west-facing balcony, thereby lowering the indoor temperature, while also adding greenery to the balcony. Two benefits at once.

Flowers suitable for a north-facing balcony

The biggest feature of a north-facing balcony is that it sees relatively little sunlight in all four seasons of the year. Relatively speaking, in summer a north-facing balcony still sees fairly much sunlight, so a north-facing balcony is generally relatively cooler and shadier than a south-facing one, and the flowers grown on it are the complete opposite of those for a south-facing balcony.

For a north-facing balcony, it is best to choose flowers that are fairly shade-tolerant and fairly cold-tolerant, such as lucky bamboo (dracaena sanderiana), asparagus fern, split-leaf philodendron, spider plant, Christmas cactus, palm grass and aspidistra and so on; these flowers are fairly suitable for growing on a north-facing balcony and can grow fairly well there.

Flowers suitable for an east-facing balcony

An east-facing balcony generally gets sunlight for a period in the morning, and for most of the rest of the day there is not much sun. So when growing flowers on an east-facing balcony you should choose flowers that are relatively shade-tolerant and do not need to receive sunlight for too long a time. And in winter, when there is little light, an east-facing balcony gets relatively cold, so the flowers grown there also need fairly strong cold tolerance.

For example, clivia, orchid, spider plant, money tree, Brazil wood, azalea, asparagus fern and other fairly shade-tolerant flowers are all fairly suitable for growing on an east-facing balcony.