Creating a sky garden on an enclosed balcony: a beautiful 19th-floor balcony that is a model example

The enclosed balcony garden has come a long way, having gone through the bleakness of winter and the loneliness of the seedling stage. The spring breeze and warmth still awakened the beauty the garden was meant to have. We do not have overflowing pots, so we can take close-up portraits; we do not have the grandeur of plants grown in the ground. What we seek is to hold a long, steady practice within a tiny snail shell...

Except on days with extremely strong wind, the window is kept open as wide as possible the rest of the time. On the 19th floor, you know how it is: a little breeze on the first floor becomes magnified by the 19th floor. Especially when laundry is hung out, if the clothes blow down and crush the flowers, it can drive me crazy for quite a while, and the wind also easily snaps relatively fragile branches. As long as there is no risk, open it!

The soil is peat moss bought on Taobao. There is no way to get sunlight... Taobao does not sell that...

Clematis 'Ville de Lyon': in terms of color, this is my favorite, a very delicate and ravishing red. Even though there is only one flower, in the clutter of the balcony she is always the first thing I spot;

Water according to how dry or wet the soil is, the size of the pot, how well developed the root system is, and the plant's own need for dry or wet conditions. In short, water when dry and let it dry between waterings, and when you water, water thoroughly. Dry periods grow roots, wet periods grow leaves, but remember not to let it stay dry for too long. For example, with hanging pelargoniums, several consecutive days of excessive dryness will yellow the leaves and abort the flower buds. Apply liquid fertilizer at intervals.

Clematis 'Sweet Summer Love' ('Sweet Summer Love'): a strong Type F clematis. Her growth exceeded my expectations. The small trellis has already been completely swallowed up. There are over forty flower buds. In the tangle, for fear of consuming too many nutrients, I pinched off a dozen or so buds. For a one-year-old seedling, I am truly, truly very satisfied;

Clematis 'Julka': a small cutting seedling shared with me by a good friend. The flowers are not large, with very deep purplish-red stripes.

When the seedlings bloom at the same time, the tiny balcony is still a little beautiful;

A recent group photo of the small clematis. There are now thirteen clematis, large and small. I am waiting for the miracle to happen next spring after repotting in autumn;

Clematis 'Crystal Fountain': a pale color, quite like a chrysanthemum. Only when there are many flowers does the overall effect show;

Clematis 'Xerxes': deep purple, with the petal tips slightly greenish. The flowers are not large;

Zonal pelargonium grown from seed: many flowers, vigorous, and it has already survived two summers in a row with no care, except that it likes to drop petals, which meant that for a very long period I had to sweep up many petals every day...

Hippeastrum bulbs just bought in winter. Surprisingly, all three bulbs bloomed. This is 'Dancing Queen': the individual flowers are very large, and the color is also very beautiful;

Hippeastrum 'Aphrodite': an even more elegantly understated variety than 'Dancing Queen'. The flower stalk is very short, the overall plant shape is relatively good, and the flowers are also very large, on par with 'Dancing Queen';

Ivy: the chicken-claw-like leaves are very cute. I water it with Bivvang at intervals. Placed on the cabinet next to the dining room, it looks very nice. This spot has no sunlight year-round and is not really ventilated either, but it has plenty of scattered light, and it still grows quite lushly;

A mixed succulent pot. After summing up my experience, I feel succulents still need a large pot, enough akadama soil, and confidence in watering. Especially in spring and autumn, succulents grow very fast. If you add plenty of sunlight and a ventilated environment, I believe they will grow even better.