Not a big deal but this greeted visitors at my front door until the summer heat killed them. Love stock...smells soooo good!

I love that container Becky. And I love the scent of Stocks, wonderful spicy sweet scent. Did your allysum have scent? I had some that did. It was a sweet scent.

Yes, Lynn, it was mild and the stock over powered it. But it did. I love fragrant flowers.

Right now my low growing sedum are highly scented and covered in bees. I need to take a current photo of this strawberry jar, right now the sedum are full of blooms.

pretty setting. Lynn!
What are the little periwinkle blooms?

Do you mean the little viola 'Johnny Jump Up'?

it's precious! We don;'t always have plants like that very long becasue of our heat.

This is in a cool container but I took the photo from the top. It's purslane
and the basket is iron.

The strawberry pot is planted with things that should do well in your area. Do you get a winter?

Lynn, can you explain what winter is to me?

Yes, we do, actually! For about 6-8 weeks. I have a black wool coat I wear once during that time some years. It's 28 years old and looks brand new.

Uhhh, can you tell me what winter lows are that you wear a wool coat?

I can remember almost freezing to death in the winter where I grew up. Flannel night gowns to my ankles, bundling up in more layers of petticoats. We weren't allowed to wear pants of any kind.

I think the low was 35-40 with a windy night. lol At a foot ball game, outside.

We would get all the way down into the 50's. I don't know how I survived.

I do remember winter was when there was snow on the ground and it was very very cold. Have no idea how I would survive in that climate now.

Love all those planters & plants. I am so slow getting mine set up where I want them. My plans change from day to day, all depends how the body is holding up that day.

if the lowest it got here was 50... I would be overjoyed!!!

Who has a summer container to show us?

Allison....Susan, the garden detective is looking all over for you! See her tire thread at garden art!!!

Here is a fun way to use baby jeans. I received this as a gift. It kinda freaked me out at times...the headless child. The man who made them sold a lot for $35 each!

Ah HA, Becky , your headless child planter made me laugh out loud. My family will really think I'm nuts. That is precious.

Lynn, did you take a current photo of your strawberry pot. That is so pretty. I'd love to see it blooming.

Here it is Debbie. Sorry it's such a mess, really need to get it cleaned up and trimmed. As soon as the sedum are finished blooming I will give them a hair cut, I really need to give tectractinum sp f China a hair cut right now (over on the right far side of container, hanging down all scraggly). It hasn't been getting enough sun, need to turn the pot more often. : (

Here it is July last year and today July 2011.

wow amazing how that strawberry pot spilled over now.. the baby jeans are kind of creepy .. coming from the Halloween queen

I told you it needed a hair cut. : )

Okay, your turn Allison. Can you show us one of your summer containers.