Gardening: Planting my Container Garden

[apel]

I got four large galvanised steel planters at Ikea. Today I drilled holes in the bottom and filled each of them with half a bag of red lava rock and potting soil to just below the rim. I've also watered them

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[iolanthe_rosa]

Aaargh, the Annie's site appears to be down (or at least irritatingly slow) at the moment, but I'm sure they're gorgeous plants! I'm jealous: I still have never been to Annie's. What have I been doing with my life?

[apel]

I don't know, it's only an hour's drive from you and they have lots of interesting plants. They're not very expensive either. My loot ended up costing just under $100, if I remember right.

[clwriter]

OOh, sounds dreamy! I'm jealous... you'll have a wonderful color display that should keep going all summer. SJ has the best weather of anyplace I've EVER lived: just keep things watered and watch them take off! The violas, lobelias, and viola will probably last until mid-June. Some of the others may keep going until early November (my bet is on the Scabiosa for the longest-lived.)

[apel]

Only the pinks and the viola are flowering now.