My friend from California (who now lives in Idaho) taught me to pick a variety of plants to make mini landscapes in containers. I remember to this day the plants and grasses we had picked about ten years ago to make my first container garden. I look forward to bringing in new plants every year in May to plant them into my terracotta pots. I bought new pots this year since my old ones cracked and chipped in winter. I do love this new shape which makes the creepers drape well. I could not get myself to throw the old ones away so they sit in my perennial garden with some beautiful flower plants in them.
Last year I dug up a little spot in the backyard to make a perennial flower garden. This year some plants reseeded and some just came back. Spring was full of purple and pink flowers and now it is mostly yellows and whites with some oranges and reds in between. I get a variety of birds, bees, butterflies and even humming birds in the garden. Biya has a wonderful time in the mornings watching the window TV Bird Show.
