pretty little annuals

treasure box

Clifford, little big guy
dwarfed buy a planter box

One of the new (replacement) replicas of my treasured window boxes, 

...hand-crafted by R as a gift for me while I was at work one day...love him...

...anyway..It's stuffed full: 

Ipomoea 'Blackie', Tuberous Begonia 'Million Kisses Amour', Lysimachia 'Goldilocks', Calibrachoa 'Double Orange', Coleus 'Colourblaze', Hedera Helix 'English Ivy'. 

I know the Coleus will redden with age; it will be large, along with the begonias. 

Everything else with trail and tumble. 

Though it would be nice to see it hanging,
it just doesn't suit the character of our home... 

- not that I've ruled out somewhere on the back porch, or along the new fence once it's in place. 

For now the window box will have to be a ground container, 

and I like it's current location along the west side garden.

rain day containers

Lysimachia 'Goldilocks'
Petunia 'Sweet Sunshine'

Lobelia 'Sky Blue'
Petunia 'Burgundy'

Ipomoea 'Blackie' / Tuberous Begonia 'Million Kisses Amour'
Lysimachia 'Goldilocks' / Calibrachoa 'Double Orange'
Coleus 'Colourblaze' / Hedera Helix 'English Ivy'

Lemony

Lemon verbena, double lemon calibrachoa, "Pink Lemonade" petunias, "Lemon Symphony" osteospermum..., there are more lemony plants, and I'm going to collect them all for a while I think. Most of this year's containers seem to be coming up lemon.

Some people come into the greenhouse so organized: with lists & tags, and knowing exactly what they want. I can't say I don't have lists (in my head mostly) or tags (in bags on my desk), or any plan....
The possibilities are endless though, and until I run out of pots and space the deciding and planning continues. I know that I develop spontaneous relationships with blooms I never expected to even like (especially petunias, and zonal geraniums); and though I like to think I'm not a theme type of gardener, I do it all the time - fairytales and literary influences, fruit flavoured Daylilies, colours, and now lemons.