I HAVEN’T BEEN DOING AS MUCH WITH CONTAINERS this season, as I’m getting enough satisfaction from how my perennial beds are coming along in this, their second year. But sometimes I can’t resist potting up a few things for my front deck.
Pots allow you to fit many different shapes and textures into a small space, and when I see something unusual, like the ruffly upright Prince Rupert Geranium (lemon-scented!) at one of the area nurseries I’ve been avoiding this year, for fear of overspending on non-essentials, sometimes I just have to go for it.
In this one 15″ diameter pot, below, are:
- Scented geranium ‘Prince Rupert,’ aromatic and ornamental. The label says it can be trained as a standard. Deer-resistant (though they wouldn’t dare come up on my decks… or would they?)
- ‘Glennis’ coleus, more delicately colored than some of the more common coleus. Though I do love coleus in all its forms, and the deer don’t.
- Good old sweet potato vine, ‘Bright Ideas Lime’
- Juncus inflexus ‘Blue Arrows.’ As the name implies, an upright, blue, ornamental rush.
- There’s also an elephant ear bulb in the middle, planted two months ago, starting to push its way up through the soil.
Yay for containers! That’s all.
Lovely! You definitely have the touch!
You need to spray your potato vine as something (the potato beetle) is eating the leaves. Lovely container – love the juncus.
There are some great container recipes around. Thanks for posting yours.