Beginner Gardening: Successful "what the heck" for my planter box., 1 by sstateham

sstateham wrote:
Marcia - smacking myself for not thinking of this! I have problems with the pots on the lower patio drying out, and hadn't though of using sedum. I have a big clump of it in the back that I could easily use in the planters! Also have lamiastrum nearly coming out my ears - that would be a great option for planters, too.

We have this weird and huge rectangular patio at the front of the house that I have never figured out what to do with. It's about 15 feet deep x about 40 feet long. I would love to have a bunch of pots out there to soften the lines and green it up, but the sprinkler system doesnt hit it and I am notorious for forgetting to handwater. The front edge of it gets 1/2 day of morning sun, which is about what my sedum in the back bed gets, and the sedum would be pretty forgiving of my absent minded watering tendencies. Putting curved beds in front of the shrubs there is on my spring project list.

Stacy