Planting My Horizontal Wooden Barrel With Calibrachoa, Bidens & Lantana
June 08, 2018
Calibrachoa (Million Bells) are taking over the greenhouses!
I purchased two cheaper baskets at Kmart with the Confetti Garden Hawaiian Summer Mix ( Aloha Kona Dark Red, Aloha Kona Pineapple and Aloha Kona Hot Orange Calibrachoa.)
I also purchased two 4" containers with Campfire Fireburst Bidens, and two 4" containers with Bandana Red Lantanas.
This planter is going to to be all warm, bright colors.
A few years back my sister in law, Kris, made me a bed spring wreath. Last year I spray painted it white.
I am displaying a vintage English Elite bird and flower tray (from the thrift shop) in the center of the wreath.
The flowers already look great!
I will be featuring all my planters (and flowerbeds) during my 2018 junk garden tour next month.
The horizontal barrel is situated on one end of my deck. That's a fancy vintage aluminum lid nailed to the front of the barrel.
On the right is my favorite galvanized planter.
Do you change up your planters and gardens every year? I try to vary mine for interest.
This is my horizontal barrel planted as a kitchen fairy garden.
Pots and pans, muffin tins, pot lids, etc.
The next year I did another kitchen fairy garden with mostly herbs.
The funnels above the barrel are planted with hen and chicks (Sempervivums).
Red impatiens are billowing out of the barrel. They are even covering up some lobelia in a crate above them.
Red geraniums, bacopa, and asparagus ferns in the barrel with coffeepots on stakes planted with verbena, asparagus fern and white nemesia.
More impatiens in three colors and dichondra vines last year.
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WOW! Carlene, your plantings are so vibrant and wonderful. Beautiful creations my friend! Love the coffee pots on stakes too.
ReplyDelete~ Christina in SW FL