You really should write a book Joanne! I would buy it without a second guess. And you have all the photos so you wouldn't even need to hire a photographer!
Your windowbox, in the top left corner of the first pic you posted, has inspired us to plant ours like that! We have a similar size box outside our sliding door and you choices of plants are beautiful!
Heres a picture of our box from 2008, last years was a failure, so this year we are going with your plan.
I generally only use a few containers each year; I never do well with them. I can grow almost anything in the ground but can also kill most anything in a pot.
I really like how all your plants are so well cordinated, reds with reds, blues with purples and so on. That is the area where I fail the most Maybe this will be the year I get things more condinated! What about when you order seeds, do you order what you want and then figure out where it will go later, or do you have a plan and only order things that go with your scheme?
Joanne...As many as I've seen, your pics never cease to amaze me. I wanna be you when I grow up!
Re: The pic of the fence with the dragonfly tiles. Did you purchase the tiles locally or online? I love them. I collect dragonfly "stuff" and am creating anew dragonfly area in my yard. Meant to ask you about the tiles before and forgot.
I love your windowbox in this post: http://cubits.org/Germination/... could you please tell me what varieties of petunias you have in the box. They are absolutely beautiful and I would like to plant those for this year!
Both are from seed. Opera Supreme Pink Morn and Limonchello F1 Hybrid (Italian Petunia, from Thompson & Morgan). Both are free flowering, so no deadheading. Here's a close up of the 2
Name: Rick Corey Everett WA 98204 (Zone 8a) Sunset Zone 5. Koppen Csb. Eco 2f
Great article in the first post of this thread! Thank you.
A strip of simple cotton flannel, like 1" wide, makes a wick that will move more water than cotton string. But you may not need that much water.
When I have a potting mix that needs better aeration and faster drainage, I screen some clean, OK-smelling medium pine bark mulch through a 1/2" screen. Use the bits that DON'T pass through easily to really open up the soil in a big pot.
If you remove what passes through a 1/4" screen - rub hard - what's left may still be coarse enough to lighten potting mix for small pots. I even use it to lighten seed-starting mix in 72-cell trays.
That also makes any potting mix much cheaper, since 2 cubic feet of really high-quality mulch can be bought for $7-8. And the fines are great for lightening outdoor soil.
Maybe this will be the year I get things more condinated! What about when you order seeds, do you order what you want and then figure out where it will go later, or do you have a plan and only order things that go with your scheme?
