Petals in Pots

A few weeks ago, I collected some second hand pots. Each were ceramic and beautifully painted. Three of them were bought as a set, and one collected on its own. 

They stayed like this for a while until one day it felt warm enough to plant and I had a few hours. So I went to the garden centre to buy some glorious flowers to fill the pots. I could not believe my eyes there. I wanted all of the flowers. After spotting some begonias that I had to put on my cart, I went to the annuals section of the greenhouses, looking for full or partial sun. There I perused the aisles, thinking about the combinations of colours I wanted together (a pink theme for one, a purple theme for another) and trying to find a variety of shades of green leaves for interest and different heights for intrigue.

One of my daughter's wanted to plant that afternoon so we set to work, after school. We started with a base layer of soil in each, out of four bags, we surprisingly used about a bag and a half to fill all of the containers. Next we organized which plants went in which pot by setting them on top of the soil. Depending on the size of the pot, we decided how many plants each would fit. Then we roughly picked a tall, medium and flowing flower for each, keeping in mind what colours and styles went together well. I asked my daughter which she wanted to start to plant with (and was thinking maybe the biggest). She thought the smallest and I decided that would be a better idea. To ramp up with technique as we learned, so we agreed. We planted two pots that night.

Here are the first two of the night!

Todays goal became finish the planters. Which we got to in the afternoon. Both of my children wanted to help so we all set to work and planted the rest. I didn't get any photos because sometimes you are just enjoying the moments though here is the finished result:

We watered them after planting of course and rewatered the pots from yesterday so everything had a refreshing drink. Mission accomplished. They are now adorning our front entrance. I have left the info in each to refer to later. Here's hoping they all survive alright!