Day 345 - Containers to Show Off the Color Around It

This planter of sweet potato vine and purple gomphrena makes the petunia and coleus around it look fabulous.

Day 297 - More Molbak Magic

This display was a smörgåsbord of container ideas





Feel free to grill the staff for some great container ideas.

Day 296 - Tabletop Temptations at Molbaks

Day 266 - Y'all Come Visit Now, Ya'hear

'Autumnal' fuschia, 'Persian Chocolate' lysomachia, 'Non-stop' Begonia, Dragon-wing Begonia, Cordyline, Acalypha (copperplant)





Westhaven, in Franklin, Tennessee, is looking very colorful! Come for visit, see if you can find the edibles we have intermingled with the annual color, and let me know what your favorite container planting is! Here's a sample from the back porch of the Resident's Club.

Day 258 - Summer Beauty With Year Round Containers

I planted these containers for a friend who wanted containers that she could keep year-round with very little maintenance. Early spring I had red pansies and purple violas where the deep red ivy geraniums, purple angelonia, and setcresia are now. The 'Blue Point' Juniper, 'Downey' lavender , Scarlet Flowercarpet Rose, Winter Jasmine, dianthus, spreading gardenia, and Loropetalum will stay year round.

Day 257 - There Are Days That I Just REALLY Love My Job

Like when I get to plant containers at homes like this...













I just love the Siam Beauty Musa. And this is the new Coreopsis Cherry Lemonade from Terra Nova - I LOVE IT!!




Here's the new Stars and Stripes Mandevilla

Bottlebrush shrub, Abutilon, red geranium, petunia
Tibuchina standard, variegated bouganvilla, cascading vinca, coleus, purple angelonia
Ruellia, Allamanda, mandevilla, petunia




All this fun in a day's work!

Additional info:
I picked out all these containers for this homeowner when the home was being built. Two of my favorite container/garden accessory suppliers are Elegant Earth in Birmingham, Alabama and Campania International. The big bowls on top of the front porch columns are from Riverside Plastics - they put a special granite finish on these to coordinate with the other planters. I knew logistically it would be a nightmare to get cast stone or concrete planters on roof of this porch (it was huge task just to get the others on the porch!) so I went with Riverside Plastics great quality plastic containers. They still weighed about 75 lbs each.

Day 256 - Shop, Dine, Work, Live, Look at Container Plantings

Watter's Creek in Allen, Tx advertises as a Unique Shopping Resort.
My co-worker, Denise Meier has done her container gardening magic - helping to turn it into a destination also for those who want some great ideas for planting!