Container Flowers

6/3/12
calibrachoa

     So much of the yard is in shade at this house we are renting.  But the two-level deck gets full sun. 

     So this week I went through more unpacked moving boxes and found some of my planters.

     I bought some potting soil and annuals, filled the planters and put them around the deck railing.  Now the deck is bright with color.  These are photos of the flowers I bought.



marigolds

ageratum
     
diascia

     A few of the neighbors have stopped by to introduce themselves and welcome us to the neighborhood.  Our neighbors that live next door brought a lovely potted dahlia for us when they stopped by.


dahlia

6 comments:

  1. Ahhh, that's got to make you feel better – being back East and starting to garden and greet neighbors. Enjoy.

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    1. It is nice to do a little bit of gardening again. And being back East is wonderful.

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  2. In a few weeks, when these fill out, you will have a glorious riot of color on your deck. How fun!! It can be very hard to "garden" in a rental property - you have found a colorful and lovely way to add flowers to your home. Perfect! And how nice of the neighbor to bring the dahlia!

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    1. It is hard to garden in a rental property. You can't really make the yard your own. It was very sweet of the neighbors to bring us a dahlia. It made us feel welcome.

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  3. You have kind and friendly neighbours. Your garden will look lovely when the plants begin to fill up.

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    1. The neighbors did make us feel welcome. By August the planters should be filled out.

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