Okay, so I'm a really, really, really amateur gardener (can't overemphasize that point too much), but I love flowers and planting them reminds me of my Grandaddy who had an amazingly green thumb. Plants of all shapes and sizes loved him. He tried to pass that gift along to me, but I'm not too sure it transferred. It's been 10 years last month since he passed away from cancer and I've been missing him alot lately. It just seems that "playing in the dirt" brings back so many great memories with him that I was inspired this year to subdue our backyard and add some colorful flowers.
So far, I have lantana, begonias, petunias, marigolds, straw flowers, and tomato plants in the ground and wave petunias (my favorite), spoon flowers, impatiens, gerber daisies and a couple of other things in pots. It's been a fun project, and eventhough I know that the results are not amazing or anything, I hope Grandad would be proud! Also, (since I'm just learning) if anyone has suggestions as far as flowers they love (that preferably do not require massive amounts of attention), please pass them along. Here are a couple of pics of my attempts:
It looks beautiful Julie - I think you are doing a great job!
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