Garden planters and Fern Crazy

A while back I posted about these planters that gave me an idea for my own metal planters.

I found some coco fiber liners for them and

potted them up!

 I also had Dan spray paint them to look like a 

natural metal color

I used some plastic to prevent them from drying

out too fast and poked lots of holes in it for drainage.

I have both of them flanking the back door slider.

I did cheat and planted some plastic flowers in

this galvanized container so I don't have to get the

glass top wet all the time!

A quick shot of the back area.  It's growing like crazy.

My old Italian clay pottery pieces came

out this year and I potted them up with 

some new geraniums. (I need to collect my 

plant labels so I can remember the names

of everything I planted)!

I poked some garden stakes in them too! 

Notice the lovely oak tassels laced throughout my

flowers! Grrr... the trees have been dropping them

like rain for several days.

I found this little bike planter at Hobby Lobby on sale

for $25 so I grabbed it because our local garden centers

were much more pricey.

If you've followed me through the past few years you 

have seen these pots used before.  In about a month the

flowers should be filling in much nicer!

I did buy this one all planted.  I couldn't resist it and

it's growing like crazy.  I might snip off some of that Creeping Jenny plant and get it to root and plant them in

my new planters to add some dressing!

Out back

My cement planters are just starting to come along. Do you like my finger in the corner! I used my iPhone for some of these pics and I keep sticking my finger in the wrong place!

Did I mention that the ferns have gone crazy this year?

Well they have! Up by the house they are growing in leaps as well as back by the fountain area.

 They don't like to get dried out in the summer, but other than that I don't do anything special for them. These have tripled out by the fountain area in the past few years.

These are off the deck by the house.  They look quite spectacular right now!  We've had plenty of rain recently and they're loving it.

The side of the garage is doing well.  I went heavy in pink this year! The white lattice pieces came out but I don't have a plant for it yet.  I should work on that!

My favorite shot the other day (even with the messy oak stuff). The Sweet Woodruff spreads and moves about nicely. I decided on wax begonias this year since I'm avoiding impatience plants.  My hosts are still filling out.  
What a great time of the year!

 We're still organizing and pulling things out.  

We're in turtle gear this year!

Thanks for visiting!

Liz

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