Planting Petals in Pots

A little alliteration on another chilly, dreary day in the Black Hills. (I am pre-posting this on Saturday and there will be no sign of the sun today.) I got the flowers planted in pots before we left on R & R. I hope they look as good when we return as they did on Thursday afternoon.

My grouping of potted petals in planters

 A pot of three types of geraniums:

a 'regular'-the tall one; a double flowers-the shorter one in front;

and a Martha Washington in a white and pink

The hibiscus I bought in Minneapolis earlier in the month;

it is 3 plants twisted together

The white pot in the back holds a lemon geranium,

also called a mosquito plant, according to the tag.

In the front planter, two variegated pink geraniums,

a pink & green petunia, a red spike, and another trailing 

something in a light pink on the back side.

My purple pot of petals

I love the tea cup planters and thought I would always 

find the right plants in red, yellow or orange for this one. Not so.

The red impatiens did not do well in it last year. I think

I tried red petunias one year. So something different this year.

I really missed doing the greenhouse tours

and flower shopping with girl friends, again this year.

Retired life isn't supposed to be this busy!

I really intended to plant lettuce in a gutter and hang it on the

garden fence wall this summer. (I saw the idea on Pinterest and thought

it was very clever.) However, I barely got the garden planted, so 

wasn't up to something cute and creative. Instead, I bought lettuce

plants (I know, cheating!) and got them in a bowl. A bowl for easy transport as it has

traveled to the Hills with us. We'll have lettuce next week!