A couple weeks ago, we stopped by our local greenhouse to pick out some plants for our GIANT urns on the deck. Since we were a little late in the season, I wasn’t sure what we would find, but they were fully stocked. I absolutely love going to pick out our flowers and look forward to it every summer. I will start this post off by saying, I absolutely know nothing about flowers and never know their proper names, but I do know what I like and what I am not going to kill!
I saw some really unusual (to my eye) flowers this go around. I love, love , love these black petunias. I’ve never seen anything like them. Unfortunately, I didn’t see these until we were leaving so I wasn’t able to buy any, but am definitely thinking about going back. I think they would look amazing in my mainly pink color scheme.
I also saw these flowers that look like they are polka dotted. How cute are these? Anyone know what they are called? Their hanging baskets are amazingly full! So pretty and colorful, and so many to choose from!
I couldn’t resist this shot of the white impatiens. Loved the impact of one color. Maybe I will try all white flowers with those black petunias. I normally follow the thrill, fill and spill method of filling my urns. I couldn’t find my thrill piece this go around, so will have to come back for it later. If you aren’t familiar with this method, the thrill plants give your planter height, the fill plants are bushier and fill your planter and spill plants trail over the side of your pot. It has worked really well for me the past couple of summers by giving the urn balance. I used to be just a random planter, but using this plan has really helped the appearance of my summer planters. Once they begin to grow, they really do thrill, fill and spill the entire container. I tried to find some photos from last summer, but can’t seem to find them at the moment.
Here’s what I ended up picking out, minus the thrill plants. I went with a mainly hot pink theme this year. The marigolds are for another planter. I change my scheme from year to year, sometimes going with multiple colors, sometimes big impact with one similar shade. Once my flowers have been planted for a few weeks, I will take a photo to show how fast they fill out. You can see in the photo how big our urns are, I absolutely love them. A friend gave them to me when she was moving. Lucky me! We decided not to plant a container garden this year. It got quickly out of control last year, so we opted not to do one this year. Here’s one last shot of my trusty helper! He’s not a fan of the heat, but always wants to be by our sides.
What did you plant this year? did you do a garden? I’d love to hear about it in the comments!
