Doing the flowery happy dance

[peteyfoozer]

WooHooo!! I finally have flowers blooming! There is still a lot of weeds and a lot of empty space, but there are sunflowers, penstemon, trumpet vine, calendula, petunia, stock, purple coneflowers, roses and hollyhocks blooming so far! NEXT year, the place should look awesome! :rose

 

[Carol Dee]

:bouquet YEAH. :watering
What did you plant on the cattle panel arch?

 

[peteyfoozer]

There are 3...
One has red trumpet vines, one has honeysuckle and one has silver lace vine. You can't see them yet, but I am betting next year they grow like gangbusters and cover by the end of next summer! row

 

[Carol Dee]

There are 3...
One has red trumpet vines, one has honeysuckle and one has silver lace vine. You can't see them yet, but I am betting next year they grow like gangbusters and cover by the end of next summer! row

I APPROVE All Three are stunning vines and the Silver Laces will smell heavenly. The hummers will love the trumpet and honeysuckle vines.

 

[lesa]

Sounds wonderful! I feel like an artist when I plant the gardens- I just don't know what the paintings will look like, until mother nature does her part! I must have missed the cattle panel arches. How did you attach them to the ground?

 

[peteyfoozer]

we bent them between the posts, as they are where the gates go. We pounded some rebar in the ground and wired them to it about 6" up so I can weed underneath. I am liking them a lot, as I spent a small FORTUNE putting arches in at my other house using wood and buying premade metal ones! Next year, I think they will look awesome

 

[lesa]

I always have my eye on those trellis and arches, I am just too cheap to buy them. I wonder if I could use two somehow, as a grape trellis... Now you've got me thinking! I would love to see pics, if you get a chance.

 

[peteyfoozer]

I bought one of the expensive pretty ones before, but once the vines cover it up, u can't tell what is under there anyway! This is a $20 investment

 

[thistlebloom]

Another great use for cattle panels! Those are going to add so much interest and dimension to your garden when they fill in.

I finally have stuff blooming too, it's finally starting to feel like summer. I sure wish my silver lace had survived. I tried two years in a row and it just wouldn't over winter. Now I think the problem was it's position on the south side of the house with too much temperature fluctuation.

Your garden sounds like it's going to be a riot of color!

 

[lesa]

Oh, that looks even nicer than I imagined! Love it! Definitely on my to do list! Thanks for posting the pic- I might just show it to DH. If it wasn't my idea, he might be more receptive to it!