Garden Pic Wednesday: Spring Planting
Garden Pics today are spring planting! Front Bed Improvement: I had this terra cotta bowl on hand already. Decided to put it in the center of my front bed out by the mailbox in the center and planted it with a pink petunia and some Caladium, which is a leafy plant grown for it's pretty leaves. I put two bulbs behind the Peturnia. I'll see if it works or not. The area gets Eastern sun in spring and summer and my car shades the area in afternoons---so the Caladiums my do okay. I sort of forgot they were more of a shade plant. So, I'll see. I can move them later if they don't do well. I also planted Pink Alyssum just outside the bowl on either side--it's a perennial and should return yearly, gradually spreading. It stays low growing. There's a basil ground cover and Creeping Jenny ground cover in this area as well. The larger green leaves to left are Sea Holly. Purple Petunias & Red Salvia In Containers I like to put petunias in my outdoor containers, like thi...