Annuals Part 2

Summer annual season is almost over, and I realized I still had pictures to share!  I had shared my large new planters, but I still have more annuals to share with you.......

 

So here you go, you can savor them on the screen, while I savor them in real life before the frost gets them! Boo Frost!  Please note these images are from the beginning of the season, they grew lusher as the summer when on.  Also, if you want to know what anything is, just ask me!

I saw these fun pots at Home Depot and just had to have tons of them one of them! : )  I have it on my outdoor coffee table and it looks just lovely!

 

 

 

 

I have a small pot by my hose, which might be my favorite due to the fabulous color combinations!

 

 

 

 

 

I have lots of pots on my stoop.  Since we moved in I always have wanted one really low large planter there, but big planters are expensive so I keep putting lots of smaller ones clustered up there.  Last year I had all my herbs up there but it ended up looking so green...aka no color... So this year I mixed some flowers in with my herbs, which was a great idea.  Now I have things to snip when I cook AND color!

 

 

These purple ones are pretty right...well don't plant them! They never flower!  They were green and bare most of the summer, and I even was using Miracle Grow!

 

 

I forgot the name of these red plants, but how fun are they!

 

 

 

 

 

 

I put a small pot in my potting bench which you have already seen, and is basically what I did last year.  I planned on adding a few more plant to the potting bench, but never did...next year!

 

 

 

 

A few weeks after I had done my annuals, my family got me this fun rubber boot planter, so I headed back to the nursery for a few more plants.  I set it up by my potting bench since I felt I needed a little color there.  I clustered it with some a few more herbs, some mint and some basil, since the first basil I had bought was not taking off.

 

 

 

 

 

Now to the front yard.....I love my cast iron urns, but I have to be honest, I don't have great luck with planting things in them.  Not sure if it is because of the sun/shade conditions in the front yard or the lack of soil in the containers.  Next year I am going to do more shade loving annuals and see if that makes any difference. 

I noticed last year, the pale purples and yellow I did in them didn't really stand out from the street, so this year the goal was BRIGHT! Bright colors that would pop from the street and side walk. So I went with bright green, peach and bright pink.  Not what I normally would have put together, but it works!  I will update you with pictures later in the season so you can see the full effect.

 

 

So there are the rest of my annuals.  : )  Yay Plants!