Container Flowers

On Saturday, we took advantage of Fred Meyer's garden sale and bought three planters to take the place of our old broken terra cottas.  The store had a buy 2 get 1 free deal and the employees were filling the containers with Black Gold gardening soil and purchased plants.  I am hoping to get a fourth planter on sale at some point.

We planted the same flowers in each container.  In the center, we placed a Dahlia Hybrid and then surrounded it with alyssum, impatiens, and million bells.  I can't wait to see how they bloom.

We also planted pansies and lobelia in a smaller container.

Our coco hanging baskets were filled with fuschia starts from DeGoede Bulb Farm and Garden (their granddaughter was homeschooled and is a very sweet young lady).

Petunias were purchased to add a little color to the flower beds in the front yard.

Notes about each flower can be found below.

Dahlia Hybrid Dalina Hawaii (Churchyard Flower)

Description: An elegant long-season display of showy blooms.  Annual

Light: Sun to part shade

Spacing: 12"

Height: 12-24"

Water: Medium

Clear Crystal White Alyssum (Mary's Cushion)

Uses: A reliable choice for borders, containers, and rock gardens.  Annual

Care:  Does best in light well-drained soil

Light:  Sun to part shade

Super Elfin Deep Pink Impatiens

Uses: Wonderful for borders, beds, and containers.  Annual

Care: Best in fertile, well-drained soil kept evenly.  Annual

Light: Sun to part shade

Million Bells Trailing Pink Calibrachoa

Habit: Trailing

Blooms: Planting to hard frost

Height: Short: 3-8"

Spacing: 7-8"

Zones:  Annual except in zones 9-11

             Hardy to 25 degrees

Fertilize: Regularly for best results

Water: Normal

Light: Full to part sun

Features: Heat tolerant; deer resistant; deadheading not necessary

Uses: Containers

Care: Easy

More Information: Proven Winners

Matrix Pansy (Trinity Flower or St. John and Mary)

Uses: Wonderful for borders, beds, window boxes and containers

Care: Best in fertile, well-drained soil kept evenly moist

Light: Sun to part shade

Riviera Rose Lobelia

Uses: Wonderful for borders, beds, window boxes and containers

Care: Best in fertile, well-drained soil kept evenly moist

Light: Sun to part shade

Petunia 'Dreams Red' (Our Lady's Praises)

Description: Provides an abundance of highly colored blooms all season long.

Care: Best in fertile, well-drained soil kept evenly moist

Light: Full Sun

Height: 10-15"

Space: 10-12"

*Photos by Catherine

**Additonal photos of individual flowers may be added at a later date.
***Religious Flower names found at Mary's Gardens.