I do not have much luck with plants. This year I planted a lot of pots around our new pool. Many plants were to help keep the bugs away, like lemon grass and rosemary, but I threw in some flowers as well. I am pretty proud of the flower pots around the pool, I water them often as I am outside swimming and think about it. My plants out front, well they are not as cared for! I have a succulent in front of my garage, and that is doing great! I planted flowers in the large planter on my porch, but they died within weeks. The water and sun do not hit them right due to the small roof above the porch. I thought about researching good hardy plants for there, but honestly, I am not a gardener. I do not enjoy shopping for, planting or maintaining plants. I love the look, but that is as far as it goes!
I decided it was time to try fake flowers. Due to my many failed attempts at planting in the pot, it was filled with dirt which would make it easy to put in and place the stems. I was near a Hobby Lobby yesterday so I popped in and lucky me, floral was 50% off! As I walked the isles, I realized I needed 3 basic types of stems;
Tall Center Stem
Flowing Ground Cover
Spark of Color/Flower to connect the two heights.
It took a while to look around and find colors that coordinated – there many shades of green! Once I finally had the perfect combination, I headed to the checkout. I was shocked when the price came to only $32, I would have spent that on a real plant that would die in a week.
Now I was ready to ‘plant’. I started with the tall stem and fluffed the stem out and placed it in the middle of the pot, well a little off center to help the realistic look. Next I fluffed the ground cover stems. I got 3 stems and it worked well, but the stems come in different sizes so be sure to get enough to go around the pot. Next I fluffed and placed the sunflowers. I also got 3 stems and it looks good, but feel I could have got 4. I placed the barer side away from the door and walkway.
I love how it turned out!
DizzyLiz Reboot 