New planters for the front verandah
So, I had some surgery on my thumb about a week ago and am one very frustrated gardener!
I received notification that two new urns that I ordered, had finally arrived in and were ready for collection.
Number 2 daughter, Georgia, is nearly always a willing assistant gardener in between her Nursing studies and her Harry Styles obsession, and so last Saturday morning, we set off early to collect the new urns.
My excitement obviously much greater than hers at this point. Saturdays are for sleeping in aren’t they? Well, they might be for most people (especially university students) but even with a bandaged thumb, not for me.
Our new garden project was well underway, can’t think of a better way to enjoy a Saturday morning, spending time with your daughter and gardening, is there one?
Well, a new urn is not complete without plants, right?! So let’s just say some plants needed to be purchased, along with some fresh new potting mix.
Each urn sits either side of our double entrance doors and so they need to be in perfect symmetry with each other for balance.
I selected some lightweight fibreglass planters that are about 70cms high.
What Plants Did I Choose?
I purchased Cordyline ‘Electric Pink’ as the “Thriller”. In its young form, the leaves are fine and have great vibrant pink colour and offer movement at eye level. Once they get too big, I will find another spot for them.
There’s a lovely Heuchera, Coral Bells, Rock Geranium, they have a few names, in shades of dark burgundy. This is a “Filler” and sits off to the left of the urn.
A soft, light green lacy foliage of the Adiantum aethiopicum, Maiden Hair fern ticks all the right boxes as a “Filler” on the other side of the urn. I love these plants so much and keep planting them even though they don’t seem to last very well. Such an ancient plant. They do not like the dry winds or the blasting hot sunshine that our climate offers up. I can’t tell you how many I have planted over the years. I have tried them as potted houseplants as well as in the garden at various times. This does not stop me though. Now, I treat them like a bunch of flowers. A new plant is cheaper than a bunch of flowers and mostly lasts longer. This is my justification, anyway.
In front, is a small and sweetly pretty variegated Pteris Cretica albo which will be my Spiller. I love variegated foliage plants in a shady spot. I think that they add light and brightness. Our Prime Minister turned 60 this week, and the fern is called albo, so I planted it just for him. Anthony ‘Albo’ Albanese.
So , there you have it this weeks’ completed garden project. Why not try this plant combination at your place?
