on the hunt - 139

[earthmother45]

New flowers

Comments

[vaysha]

lovely.
I love flowers and am floored at the amount of work they take- weeds! ugh

[earthmother45]

Oh, the weeds! For every one I pull out, three more take its place it seems. Growing in the pots there shouldn't be any weeds I hope.

[auntconi]

I like your idea of "painting the flowerpots" ... neat ~ I might have to try that!

[earthmother45]

I have painted many a terra cotta pot over the years, but this is the first time I've painted plastic ones.

[kabuldur]

Those flowers are pretty! Good idea to paint the pots.

Maybe now your hubby is retired he can grow some flowers? Perennials that flower a lot of the time would be good.

[earthmother45]

That would be nice if he would.
Yes, I like tough perennials that keep coming back each year. The lantana will, I don't know about the perslane, it might, but those tall white ones are just annuals.

[thagirion]

I love lantana. Especially colored mixed ones like that of pink, and yellow. I never thought about spray painting pots. They look great. I hope they'll hold up to the elements. I have white hanging baskets like the one the nepenthes is in.

[earthmother45]

This paint I bought says it is also for painting plastic, so we will see. These brown pots I bought have a very rough surface, so that might help the paint to stay longer. But I doubt very much if it will hold up completely to the birds, the sun, etc. I'm expecting chips or scrapes, there's no getting around that out in the elements. I love the multi colored lantana, too. I still have some going strong after several years.