Well, here it is folks. It’s that time again. Last Summer I filled the lovely ‘pit’ in the front of our yard with sunflowers and it was just glorious. This year I decided to do it again. First, because sunflowers are so beautiful and second, because my neighbor said I just had to because she loved so much how they looked. What a great feeling that was. To know that others are appreciating my flowers, too!
So, below are a few pics. Like last year, I started my sunflowers from seed in a few pots on my deck. This year I decided to do the same thing. I purchased 3 packs of sunflower seeds (all different kinds), threw them in pots and let ‘em grow. Over the weekend, I transplanted them into the ‘pit’ along with a few other perennials. I’ve decided to keep the pit primarily perennial (say THAT three times) because Im just tortured by that thing. For three years now I’ve filled that pit with annuals every summer and every winter it just looks blah, so I’ve planted some perennials that I think will look great (in a year or two) and the sunflowers I’ll just add year after year.
I am very excited to see how they will look once they bloom. I am also excited about the perennials. I planted some decorative grass, some columbine (that came back from last year), a couple of wild flower/type plants that Im not sure the name of, a few silver ball looking plants, a cool looking oriental/type miniature shrub (forget the name of that, too), and of course my rose bush (she’s been around for a couple of years now). I’m bad about remembering the names of the plants I have.. Im going to work on that.
Either way, here it is. As you’ll see it doesn’t look like much now, but just wait. Once my sunflowers bloom and the other plants mature, I think its going to look fantastic.
And.. here are my calalillies. They came back from last Summer more beautiful than ever..
