I bought four types of flowers:
- a hanging geranium pot with three geraniums in it
- one Spike plant
- two vinca vines
- a plant labeled Strawberry Shortcake that had three plants mixed in it: bacopa, calibrachoa, (both of which I had never heard of) and verbena....it is a mixture of light pink, dark burgundy, and white flowers
Let's start with my new gardening gloves...Aren't they great? They are from Target's Threshold line, which I absolutely love. They were no more expensive than other gardening gloves and I think having special "tools" makes the job a little more enjoyable.
Now onto designing my flower arrangement:
To add height, I wanted the spike to stick up high in the display. I began by putting a clay pot in the center of my urn and pushed a stick down through the pot and into the soil so that the pot doesn't tip over.
Then I planted the spike plant.
Then I planted the spike plant.
Next, I added the Strawberry Shortcake plant in the front of the pot. I want it to grow and trail down the front of the urn a bit.
I added the vinca vines on both sides of the Strawbery Shortcake plant because I want them to also fall over the side of the urn.
Finally, I added the three geraniums around the sides and back of the urn. The plants will fill in as they grow and hide the clay pot I added.
And my design was complete....The arrangement doesn't really photograph well here after I first planted the flowers, but it should look great once the geraniums start growing together.
Ignore the wooden pallet in the background, please! It is for an upcoming project.
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