In March I ordered tomato and pepper starts. I thought the company was supposed to deliver toward the end of May. Well, apparently I was mistaken they were delivered on May 3. They were well packaged and in good shape when I received them. After watering them, I put them out in the garage since the youngsters were trying to eat them approximately 5 seconds after I opened the encasements.
Since I can't plant them (well I could, but it would be inadvisable) until the end of the month, yesterday I potted them up on the back porch, then it was back to the garage for them.
Oh yeah, late last Sunday I bought some annuals for the porch railing and planted them in planters yesterday as well.
"They" have come up with better and better ways of packing live plants for shipping. Even though there were no "this side up" markings on my milkweed plants and I knew they had spent part of the shipment time on their heads, the plants were in perfect shape. I planted them on the 4th, and when I watered them a day or two ago they looked great.
Are those annuals a mixture of begonias & morning glory-type plants? Most people put their flower boxes in the fronts of their houses; but, you are wise to put them where you will enjoy them. Besides, you would need to install railings for such planters to work in front. When we had wooden railings on the back porch, I wondered if such planters would resist the wind.
Posted by: Cop Car | May 09, 2021 at 09:53 AM
LOL - yes most would put them on their front porch, but I never use that door. That is untrue, I have now let two people in my front door this spring (people putting in estimates for mini-split). Even that is unusual as most times I intercept them and bring them in thru the garage. And you are correct, I don't have anyplace to actually place a planter as the front porch has no extra room and the round metal handrails won't do the job.
Annuals: Geraniums (the middle of each planter), Pansies (purple plants in the center of the picture), petunia (the dark pink to the very left) and I don't remember what the white one to the very right is.
Posted by: bogie | May 15, 2021 at 06:03 AM
Didn't think to mention that the pansies and the white flowers are nicely scented.
Posted by: bogie | May 15, 2021 at 06:06 AM