WINTER PLANTERS

Once again, I seem to have no time.

Aarrrgggh!

I have so many topics to blog about!

So much to tell but.....

I barely have time to read my fav blogs, much less do a post of my own.

So here's a quick one from my phone!

I take care of all the flowers, etc. at work.

I go buy them, plant them, deadhead and prune them and water them.

This year I planted Mexican Heather in the center of the planters.

( it has purple blooms) and then I added a bunch on yellow zinnias around that and then trailing purple petunias around the outer edge.

It was rather lovely, if I say so myself.

(sadly- no photos)

Then as Fall arrived and the zinnias became a bit brown, I yanked them out and trimmed back the petunias.

Then I put yellow and purple mums where the zinnias had been.

(Again, sadly no photos)

Now we have had snow.

But thankfully, it's all melted.

Most of the plants couldn't survive that.

Doc wanted some color up front in the planters so I again pulled out what was dead. (Mexican Heather and petunias) and trimmed down the mums and a few struggling green petunias.

Then I went to Hobby Lobby and got two artificial trees that were half price (so they were only $10 each) and then went to Target and got 4 bags of pine cones - $5.00 each. 

I split these between 2 planters.

For only $20 a planter, they ended up like this:

I'm happy with them.

The other two planters are tall but smaller on the top.
For those, I went to the Dollar Store and got a total of 8 poinsettias bunches.

(4 red and 4 white).

While at Hobby Lobby, I grabbed two "gift box" stakes. Half price again, so only $2.50.

So for a total of $6.50 each, this was the end result of that (because Doc wanted Color!)

I'm not a big fan of fake flowers.

But everyone else at work like them, so I guess they are ok.

OK! Gotta go now,

I hope to make it to everyone's blogs soon.
I've read several, just haven't had the time to comment, but I will!

XOXOXO