Changing things up.....

[Smart Red]

Good looking plantings, Thistle. I envy anyone who can keep containers going very long. I tend to forget how quickly they can dry out and they are unforgiving toward me.

 

[digitS']

They look really good Thistle. What is in them? I can tell what some of the plants are but not others. Is this the house that had the elephant ears planted in pots in that spot?

Mary

I think the list is in this thread's first post, Mary.


digitS'

 

[ninnymary]

Thanks Steve. Who goes back to read a first post from months ago?

Mary

 

[Smart Red]

 

[thistlebloom]

Here, @ninnymary , to save you some time clicking....

pineapple sage
purple sage
tri-colored sage
orange mint
apple mint
two kinds of lavender
alyssum
supertunia
basil

 

[Lavender2]

I finally got some photos into the computer to share. Yay! Kid#2 wrote me a detailed tutorial on loading them, I told him to write it as though he were teaching someone who had never seen a computer. He did, and I managed to understand it all.

So here are the before, and now pictures.

This was about a week after planting.
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These are from about 2 weeks ago.

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Looking great @thistlebloom ! Love the herb pot combo and I bet the scent is awesome.
Low water and fertilizer needs, have they proved to be pretty low maintenance?

 

[Carol Dee]

Here, @ninnymary , to save you some time clicking....

pineapple sage
purple sage
tri-colored sage
orange mint
apple mint
two kinds of lavender
alyssum
supertunia
basil

How does the homeowner like the pots? Is he the one that did not like the tropical look of the Elephant ears?

 

[thistlebloom]

How does the homeowner like the pots? Is he the one that did not like the tropical look of the Elephant ears?

Same pots, new owners. I've been kept on as gardener there.
When the new owners got into town,( they're only at this house for 2 months in the summer), I pointed out the contents of the pots and picked a few leaves for the woman client to smell. she seemed pleased. I don't know what her husbands opinion is, if he even cares about it.

The maintenance is about the same as a regular floral container. This year I filled the entire pots with soil, instead of using bottles to take up space in the bottoms, because I've noticed that when I have used less soil, the roots get very compacted.
That's because I tend to crowd the plants (wedging is probably most accurate ).

The pineapple sage has become huge! I love that plant! But for some reason the pot on the south side hasn't bloomed. It does get a tiny bit more shade, but it's very bright shade as the trees that shade it are about 20 feet away. The mint has been the plant that needs the most management, as I expected. The apple mint is growing vertically, but the orange mint is draping very nicely. I'll use that again in the future. The alyssum just sort of gave up on growing. It's probably intimidated by the mint! I had pictured it draping down the side and mingling with the mint and petunias.

If I do this again, I won't fit the plants in so tightly. If I get them planted by mid May they'll have a month to fill in before the owners get to town, so it will be fine to look a little sparse at first.

I'm probably the one that gets the most pleasure from it, as I clip and water the fragrance is very pronounced and I take my time and breathe deeply.

 

[Carol Dee]

Same pots, new owners. I've been kept on as gardener there.
When the new owners got into town,( they're only at this house for 2 months in the summer), I pointed out the contents of the pots and picked a few leaves for the woman client to smell. she seemed pleased. I don't know what her husbands opinion is, if he even cares about it.

The maintenance is about the same as a regular floral container. This year I filled the entire pots with soil, instead of using bottles to take up space in the bottoms, because I've noticed that when I have used less soil, the roots get very compacted.
That's because I tend to crowd the plants (wedging is probably most accurate ).

The pineapple sage has become huge! I love that plant! But for some reason the pot on the south side hasn't bloomed. It does get a tiny bit more shade, but it's very bright shade as the trees that shade it are about 20 feet away. The mint has been the plant that needs the most management, as I expected. The apple mint is growing vertically, but the orange mint is draping very nicely. I'll use that again in the future. The alyssum just sort of gave up on growing. It's probably intimidated by the mint! I had pictured it draping down the side and mingling with the mint and petunias.

If I do this again, I won't fit the plants in so tightly. If I get them planted by mid May they'll have a month to fill in before the owners get to town, so it will be fine to look a little sparse at first.

I'm probably the one that gets the most pleasure from it, as I clip and water the fragrance is very pronounced and I take my time and breathe deeply.

Very Nice. Wish I could smell it! Oh well not this week, allergies have me all stuffy and sneezy.

 

[thistlebloom]

I was at this job today, and some construction guys that are doing some remodeling there walked by the pots on their way to their truck. I had just watered them and sprayed the foliage down which releases some fragrance. One of the guys stopped, walked back and took a deep breath close by the pineapple sage. "What is that?" he asked. So I got to tell him about the different herbs, but his buddy rushed him along before I could really wax eloquent about it all.
I was so pleased that somebody had noticed how fragrant the pots are.