Spring Flowers and a New Mailbox

This morning when we woke up, we found a note on our front door. Last night our mailbox was demolished by a person swerving to miss a cat. Thankfully, he left us a note with his contact information. When we inspected it this morning, it was holding on by such a thread that Charles just cracked it on off so that it wouldn't fall off in the street. Charles stopped by the Glass Menagerie this morning to let them know we needed a new mailbox. The guy came by this morning to take a look at the damage and told us that it would be first of next week before he could get to installing our new mailbox. Thankfully, his estimate was a bit off. Tonight when we drove up after dinner, he was touching up the paint! Now our mailman will have somewhere to put our mail Monday.

It was such a pretty day today. Charles and I went to Home Depot for lawn fertilizer with weed control (hopefully this will help our yard) and landscaping cloth and looked at their plants and flowers. We also stopped by the new nursery in Hernando to look at their beautiful plants and flowers, and Charles bought a pot that I had been wanting for me - a terra cotta pot with fleur de lis on it, but I couldn't decide on what flowers I wanted. Charles thought it would be a good idea for me to call Mama to help me decide since her containers always look so good.

Charles and I decided it was the perfect day for bar-b-que. We went to Coleman's for a delicious lunch. After getting home, I called Mama, and she came up this afternoon to help with my Spring plants...

We went to Lowe's and the new nursery in Hernando and found some really pretty plants and flowers. After much deliberation, I decided what I wanted to plant in each pot. We came home, and Mama and I dug in the dirt for a while.

Our first project was the urn at our front entry. Charles and I saw the prettiest Eugenia Topiary earlier in the day, and I thought that it would be perfect for the entry. I wanted something to plant under it, and Mama suggested creeping Jenny. I think that it was the perfect combination; it turned out great! I can't wait for the creeping Jenny to fill in...
We then worked on the containers on the back patio. I wanted a tree hibiscus again this year. Mama and I found one that I really liked (the color was just beautiful) at Lowe's. I also found another container at Lowe's that just jumped out at me. I placed the hibiscus in it at the store and knew that the container and plant were the perfect combination. I wanted something to plant under it, and Mama and I found red thyme - I think it is pretty, and it also smells really good...


I usually plant petunias; however, I wanted to do something with them a little different this year. Mama and I found an ornamental grass - Old Gold Japanese Sedge Grass - to place in the middle of the container with petunias surrounding it...
We were both excited about how these turned out - just as we had envisioned...I wanted some geraniums this year. When we found the Caliente Series Geranium in this great color, I knew these were the geraniums for me...
I also wanted a vine for our fleur de lis, and I decided on a mandevela...At the beginning of our trip, I was thinking of marigolds for the fleur de lis pot Charles had bought earlier today. However, the dusty miller looked so good that I told Mama I would like it for one of the pots if I could find something to go with it. She pointed out some white calibrachoa to me, and when we held them up together, we thought we had the perfect match. I decided to forgo the marigolds and plant these in the fleur de lis container...
Once the dusty miller gets a little taller, I think that this will look spectacular...Lowe's also had some really pretty Aurea Irish Moss which I just had to buy. I decided to plant it in our little bowl on our ice cream table...

I found an Angel Vine at the nursery this morning. Charles told me he would buy it for me, but I declined. Well, I still liked it when Mama and I went back, so I bought it. I think it is just so light and pretty...We ran out of potting soil before finishing all of the containers, so we took a little break and ate dinner at Guadalajara (delicious fajitas - Mama's treat). After dinner we picked up more potting soil and finished planting all of the containers.

Thanks Mama for all your help in picking out the perfect plants and for helping me plant everything! I think that everything turned out perfectly!!