My containers

First and favorite one:
Two kinds of lantana, moss rose, and a little blue daze on the sides.

2nd one:
There are two of these on each side of the entry.
They have Torenia and Asparagus Fern in them.

Last one:
Had two of these but one pulled the hook out of the ceiling and fell to the ground, and my new self watering pot cracked in half. :(
Dahlberg Daisy and Blue Daze in the middle.

Very pretty, sweezel. I am in love with Torenia, I'd love to know how to propagate it. It goes nicely with the asparagus fern.

Sweezel, your flowers look great.

Liz, I fell in love with Torenia last summer. In the fall I cut a piece off and it's grown all winter. I think I rooted it in potting soil.

Really? that easy, elsie? I spend a tiny fortune making sure I buy lots in the spring. So it's summer rootings? In a gh or in warmth? Thanks elsie.

I have some torenia seeds around here somewhere Liz if you want them. just lemme know.

How kind of you art_n_garden, do they come true from seed?
Thank you.

I have absolutely no idea. I collected them from a purple/ lavender patch growing outside my mom's house. They are itty bitty seeds, and I've only had luck germinating, not getting them to grow :)

Beautiful arrangements :) Torenia and moss rose are two of my favorite annuals. Mostly because they self seed for me.

Thanks, I just discovered the Torenia this year. I was so happy to find something that would bloom with only morning sun. I did begonia's last year and did not want to do impatiens (have those in the ground in the back). I really wanted some lime green Potato Vine in there, but there is a shortage of it this year.

The picture for that pot was taken a few weeks ago when it was flush with blooms. It is just now starting to put off blooms again after doing some pinching back.

The moss rose is working out really nice. At first I could not find a companion plant because of the grey to the leaves, but the lantana bloom colors look great with it.

Beautiful containers!!!! I had to go to the Plants Database to look up Torenia, and sure 'nuff it was my Wishbone plant! I got one as a house gift when I moved here a year ago. Of course the blooms finally died off and the plant looked real scraggly. I can't bear to get rid of a plant no matter how it looks, so imagine my surprise when it started growing again and bloomed even more. Then I realized it was all new little plants. I am a complete newbie to growing plants and this was my first experience with plants that reseeded themselves. Since then I have found many more that do the same thing. My containers just keep on going! COOL!

Sweezel. I love the combo in the first one, but you are aware of how much all of these are going to spread this year, right???

"eyes"

You mean fill in or seed elsewhere? As far as fill in, yeah, I know. The Dahlberg Daisy has already quadrupled in size in a month. :) 3 of the 7 transplants in there actually came from the cracked pot that completely busted open last weekend. I just stuck them in there so they would live until I could get another nice hanging pot. The torenia and aspargus fern had been in the pots for about 3 or 4 weeks when I took that picture and already filled in some.

It is okay, I want them to fill in and spill over. Plus, I am too impatient to wait half of the growing season for it to fill in completely.

Liz, I decided in the fall to try a couple of slips. They have been growing very slowly on my kitchen counter. Whether it will bloom when I get it outside - I don't know. If I can find more plants I will make more cuttings during the summer and see if I get some blooms.

Elsie, I just found this thread, trust someone at Daves to have the answer for everything.
http://davesgarden.com/t/403748/

That's great Liz, thanks. Water it is. I'll also have to save some seeds and try them too.