What to plant ...wedding a month away

Hey all y'all

Here's my dilemma...the wedding is just a lil over a month away now ..Sept 5th
I have areas that are rather barren in the landscape along the driveway and I moved 2 "bushes" to proper places as they will be way to big to leave in the front flower bed ( Spiraea and primrose jasmine)
DH is having a fit now as it has left "spaces" in front and he says " a month is not enough time to grow anything"

What do y'all suggest ???
I'm posting 2 pictures so you can see the area as it is now

pic #2

I say buy potted plants and bury the pots in the bed, instant blooms !!!
Josephine.

Have you read the articles about gardening for a wedding? Lots of creative ideas that don't even involve growing anything...
http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/1881/
For instance...

http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/1314/

The second one talks about plants placed on top of pedastals, if you read it carefully! Hope this helps.

thanks for those links
I have made about 27 lave baskets and we are going to be putting plants in them to put on the tables as a gift for guests to take home plus have hanging baskets to use also around the tent

I just know Dh wants our place to look as nice as possible as we will have family around and some of them well let
s just say it would be best to be looking good even though Daughter says it could all be brown as far as she cares for her wedding

I'm with Josephine on this one. Buy some nice potted plants and bury them.

I agree with the others.. save yourself the stress of growing anything especailly in this heat and buy the potted plants!!! look at it this way too many times what WE see isnt anything anyone else would even notice. push come to shove I bet noone notices these areas because of how the rest of the yard is done.. trust me on this one..lol..Ive lots of wedding experience and what we expect to be a huge eyesore is the last thing people notice. Good Luck!!!

my son's wedding was in october and they had mums in big pots to match the wedding colors --very pretty---

the area by the drive is the area I worry bout the most as the tent will go from the garage to just over the steps where they will be married.

I think what is concerning my husband the most is my brother and his wife are invited and the sister in law will pick everything apart and if my daughter hears any of it she will not keep her piece. I have not told her nor will I tell her that my sister in law has already cut down the invitation.
as my daughter has always been into medieval mystical things and the top has 2 dragons facing each other with the heads and flames making a heart....her comment to my mother was how in appropriate that was with the dragons tongues out...hahaha

This is NOT your sil's wedding, nor her party. She must be a really unhappy person. Consider the source and do your own thing. We had a home reception in September for our daughter and there were similar problems with the landscape. Not one person noticed. With three hundred people elbow to elbow and enjoying each other...the plants didn't matter. I did use a lot of ferns from HD, used them at the church and then moved them to the house for the reception. Looked pretty good. Everything was in a pot or a hanging basket. No planting.

Good luck.

Christi

Tell sil to kiss-off.

hehehe LouC I knew you would say that if you read it as you know the situation some what form our talking before.

I guess come pay day I'll have to see what is left over so I know how much I have to work wtih then hit the shops to see what is cheap LOL

Might hit up the manager's of various nurserys now. Never know how they will respond. Might have all kinds of solutions. Worst thing they could do is say "no".

i wish you mother hadn't passed on what your sister in law said--or at least waited till long after the wedding to tell--doesn't serve any good purpose except to fan the fires

Sounds like our wedding in September was recent. not. 27 years this year.

Christi

september is a nice time of the year to get married in texas
my son and wife chose october and that was a beautiful time to get married too--weather was perfect and all the fall colors are so pretty

You know, Phyllis, she probably thinks you are "just a school bus driver" , too! What is it with these holier than thou people, anyway. After 27 years, I just "consider the source"! If you give her enough rope, your sister in law will hang herself. She is just jealous of your ability to put things together, She probably has no tallent.

LouC
"Tell sil to kiss-off."

gee ...great minds think alike!!! if you cant be helpful.. then keep your yap shut!!!!

In all my years working in the floral field Ive found that Weddings and Funerals bring out the worst in some families Both are highly charged emotional times. Phyllis just do as you and your daughter please after all it is your family!!
good luck and wishing you the best!

Oh, dear, Mibus2! Is you brother married to my sister? =~o

I like the idea of planting pots. I saw quite a few plants (even roses) marked way down at the WallyWorld in Mineola this weekend. They needed a bit of TLC but by September I bet they would look pretty darned good! They even had some small standard roses, which might bring in that "country dressed up" effect.

Good luck to you and just try to do what I do....don't acknowledge that I've even heard her (my sis). I often redirect the topic to her hair. She loves to talk about her hair.....

raven, I'm not usually so frank. Just happened to catch me at a time when I have had enough of "those" kind of people. Probably only time in my life I have used that phrase. It just seems to fit.

Christi

This message was edited Jul 27, 2009 5:09 PM

Youd think people would learn to think BEFORE they opened their mouths.. but then some people just dont have a life so they have to make up for it by upsetting others. I know manytimes we take crap from family members cause they are our families but sometimes you just have to put them in their place. My former MIL hated me with a passion. Nothing I ever did was good enough for her and believe me I tried.. after 20 yrs of marriage I said Im not taking it any longer. The next time she made a nasty comment to me I asked her point blank if she was trying to upset me cause if she was it wasnt working. I said it in a calm even tone. Her mouth opened and closed like a fish gasping for air.She turned on her heall and walked away from me. I never had to deal with her like that again! WHHOO HOOO!!!! I wish I had done it 19 yrs earlier...lol.. Familes are great but shoot sometimes they make you" Im gonna kill you" crazy!!!

My daughter got married in Sept also about 10 years ago and we did as you are had the wedding under a tent at the house my wife and I were a nervous wreck we spent a ton of money remodeling and sprucing up the yard. A friend of mine brought in several huge pots of flowers and plants and put them around the tent. It was a wonderful day. In the end I looked back and think why were we so nervous.

MIL has given me a fit since January 1960 when I first met her only child, my husband. She is almost 92 and has decided she doesn't get him without me and has mellowed some. Problem now is I have too many resentments built up by the way she treated our children. Go figure.

Christi

christi.. I have always said we get TWO families. We have the one we are born into and the one we make for ourselves Often its the one we make for ourselves that really and truly understand us and love us unconditionally..

Oh y'all just don't know how much all your replies mean to me.....Not that I wish any of the hassles on anyone and I am sorry all y'all have gone through similar issues but it does help knowing I am not alone and everyone is so supportive ...just goes to show just how much DG is Family not just gardeners talking gardening...From day one of joining it hasn't' mattered where I came from just that I am here and Everyone has been so helpful to everyone
Dang I sure wish we all were closer to be able to get together face to face and talk and just have a grand time chit chattin.

As far as the yard goes we haven't spent alot on fixin things up or "remodeling" it the most we have spent has been the water bill during the heat to keep things alive so it isn't' all brown come the wedding.
The plants that are already in the ground were either here or came form my wonderful DG family ..ok there are a number of the roses I bought but those were all on sale....I just need to figure out what will be blooming in Sept that will go wtih sage green and gold colors ...to fill in the empty spots that DH is gripping about LOL

As for the sil and my mom they made the comments in front of my youngest niece and She spoke up and let them know this was Shelly's wedding and If my mother really thought about it and paid attention she would know that the invitation is exactly like Shelly. (she informed me of it to prepare me in case anything was said to me)

I know IF anything is said and Shelly hears of it or even hears it she will be putting the person saying it in their place
My mother has already been told several times by myself and by Shelly this is Shelly's wedding and it will be the way her and Bret want it ...like instead of a groom's cake I am making fudge and using molds so it will be in the shapes of monkeys as Bret likes monkeys.

Terri unless your sister is in Central Il then no it ain't her LOL
truth be known none of my kids nor my brothers 2 girls form his first marriage care for her ...I'll leave it at that LOL
I am guessing that Alba is near Mineola? I'm still learning where everyplace is LOL

I'll have to go check out Wally World and see what they have here in Tyler

THANKS again everyone !!!!!!!

My only question, after reading all this, is what does the BRIDE want and what does SHE say? It's HER wedding and if she's satisfied with the way things look, then don't sweat it. If she does overhear those people saying those things, then good for her for putting them in their place! That's no way to treat anyone, family or not.

your right as far as if she hears and she will tell them
as I posted above on the 26th

"Daughter says it could all be brown as far as she cares for her wedding"

I'm not looking to have a ton of plants all over just a few things in bloom if possible to put in the big gaps
she already knows how DH feels and has no problem with that

Breathe Phyllis....breathe!!!
I know you have worked on the yard for a year now but the main attraction will be the bride and groom. It will all be over in no time; and in the scheme of things only pictures will remember.
Breathe in and exhale......

Cross posted....
The potted blooming plants will be a good idea. You might contact some stores by phone and ask what they have on order to come in for late August. That way you will know if you can count on anything being in bloom.

This message was edited Jul 27, 2009 11:33 PM

Mibus2, actually my sister IS from central IL. Now she lives in Carolina. Could be North or South. It changes periodically and I just can't keep track.

And I live the very furthest south you can get and still pay taxes into the Alba/Golden school district. And also the very furthest east and south you can get to pay taxes to the Emory school district as well. My zip code says Alba, but sometimes the tax bill says Grit. I'm not from here but now that I've found it I'm glad to be here!

Oh, remember that sales tent at Chamblees if you are in Tyler! The NOIDS are really cheap. But check their hours on the internet first. I stopped by last Saturday on a whim and they were closed =(.

Good luck with the wedding. I'm sure it will be fine!

This message was edited Jul 28, 2009 1:02 PM