I am so ready for winter to be over. While I was at Walmart today besides picking up a window-box to plant the lavender seeds in (I hope it does good in a container?) I got some wildflower seeds (perennial mixture), and some cosmos seeds ( a pretty pale pink color) to go in a smaller window-box and some portulaca seeds for another container. I have never had much luck with seeds so I am keeping my fingers crossed they will do OK. I am going to plant them in their respective containers tomorrow and put them in my bedroom window until the weather is warmer.
I also picked up some pansies to place in a container with some iris bulbs I have to plant.
And I have had such good luck with my Cyclamen as a houseplant (I have had it since last May and it's in full bloom now) I purchased another one. My new one has dark pink blooms which will blend nicely with the pale pink blooms of my old one. I would love to have one with blue blooms like the one shown at the link. I'll keep an eye out for that color.
I also need to plant the camellia my Mother rooted for me. I have had it in a pot for a few years until it got BIG enough the kids couldn't accidentally run over it while cutting grass. I wonder what color blooms it has, it'll be a surprise when it finally blooms as Mother doesn't know which of her camellias rooted.
I want to plant the ferns I have around the crepe myrtle since Hubby made a nice border around the tree. I also want to root more of the purple heart I have and put it around the red-bud tree in the back once I have enough.
If Hubby tills up the ground next to the side walk I want to plant some calla lilies there. I love the canna lilies I have in the back. They are a lot easier to grow then it sounds from the website. I threw them into a mud hole and they came up, no planting required, my type of flower. And I am going to add some lantana to the flowerbed I have around the bird feeder.
I also picked up some pansies to place in a container with some iris bulbs I have to plant.
And I have had such good luck with my Cyclamen as a houseplant (I have had it since last May and it's in full bloom now) I purchased another one. My new one has dark pink blooms which will blend nicely with the pale pink blooms of my old one. I would love to have one with blue blooms like the one shown at the link. I'll keep an eye out for that color.
I also need to plant the camellia my Mother rooted for me. I have had it in a pot for a few years until it got BIG enough the kids couldn't accidentally run over it while cutting grass. I wonder what color blooms it has, it'll be a surprise when it finally blooms as Mother doesn't know which of her camellias rooted.
I want to plant the ferns I have around the crepe myrtle since Hubby made a nice border around the tree. I also want to root more of the purple heart I have and put it around the red-bud tree in the back once I have enough.
If Hubby tills up the ground next to the side walk I want to plant some calla lilies there. I love the canna lilies I have in the back. They are a lot easier to grow then it sounds from the website. I threw them into a mud hole and they came up, no planting required, my type of flower. And I am going to add some lantana to the flowerbed I have around the bird feeder.
I'll also be redoing my hanging baskets once spring is REALLY here.
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We were at the Walmart garden center yesterdya too! I do not know about lavendar in containers but the seeds do need to be started inside and the plants hardened off. So you may want to buy some of those peat pots to grow in a sunny window,etc.
I am starting to worry about the extended warm season this year, as a lot of my flowering shrubs were budding as this cold spell came. I hope I will still have flowers this spring!
I know what you mean. I have no idea what this shrubs real name is. My Mom refers to it as a yellow bell. If it survives I'll take pictures of it and post them. Right now it just looks like dead sticks. Anyway it turned cold here and everything died back like it was suppose to it and then it warmed up to 70 for a couple of days back in December/early January and my yellow bell started blooming (it normally blooms early spring)and then it turned REALLY cold and of course the frost got it. I just hope it'll be OK once spring really gets here, apparently it is as impatient for spring as I am.
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