Mid-Atlantic Gardening: FIRST FLOWERS MEMORIAL DAY 2015, 0 by critterologist

critterologist wrote:
Campanulas in bloom do have arching stems, but to me that adds to their grace in a mixed border.

I did a lot of pots by the front porch this year... so bright and pretty, and easy to water them all at once. The centerpiece of the blue pot in the first pic is a $1 new guinea impatiens.

The corner of the walkway by the front porch has become our "fairy garden," with several new mini hostas that I couldn't resist at the Green Springs sale.

I'm using my hypertufa pots for mini hostas and mini heucheras. I need to do a hypertufa-ing session!

I put more hostas under the bench by the front walk, too, and that's also where I put a piece of an epimedium called 'Fairy Wings'. 3 new leadworts are planted by the stones where I rest my feet as I sit on the bench.

I planted my last bargain annuals in a self-watering pot and perched it on top of the tall stump in the center of the front garden. I had a different pot there this spring, but it blew off, flipped over, and didn't get watered... oops. This one has been bunji-corded to cup hooks that I screwed into the stump! Can't wait for the wave petunias to cascade...