Container Garden

I have these two glorious photos pinned to my Garden Ideas board on Pinterest. I am inspired to try to make a combo that will look this great by midsummer. Here's my attempt. Remember, I  just now planted this.


I have numbered the plants to make it easier to discern what is where.
1. Pink Snapdragon, which I chose for height, altho these are supposedly dwarf, reaching only 18". We'll see.

2. Gerbera Daisy, unknown color, since it was not blooming when I bought it half priced.

3. Royal Purple Trailing Petunia

4. Double Yellow Calibrachoa, which is my new plant in the garden. They are also called trailing petunias, or million bells, superbells etc. It's small now, but just wait. It'll grow to this amazing size.

5. Sweet Potato Vine in russet colors. The leaves start out limey-gold and get redder as they mature.
6. Lysimachia or creepy Jenny, or Pennyroyal. I have a ton of it in the yard and it is so easy to transplant. Pull it out and stick it in anywhere. Guaranteed to thrive.
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Out by the pond garden, the peachy iris are in full bloom. Sigh. Such a soft color.


And the first white Clematis has opened, shaded by the giant purple blossoms.











It's a great year for our Rhododendrons, which came with the house. Now that the shade garden has a bit more light, due to removing some huge trees for the deck, everything is doing much better there.

My nasturtiums sprouts have joined the nursery plants, Riviera Blue Lobelia and yellow African Marigolds

And last but not least, my basil has its second leaves. I put them in amongst the flowers, for easy access and height. Many of the surrounding plants are lower spreading varieties, and I felt I would need something tall to compensate.