Photo/Illustration: Michelle Gervais
Yesterday’s mailbox planting designed by Deanne Fortnam was such a hit that Deanne and I decided we should share some of her containers for the rest of this week. We’ll start today with one of Deanne’s favorites. She says, “The bold leaves of the dwarf pink canna (I think this one is ‘Dwarf Pink Futurity’) provide height in this composition and contrast nicely to the smaller, ruffled leaves of the coleus ‘Burning Bush’(center and left) and ‘The Flume’ (right). The floriferous fuchsias ‘Mrs. Lovell Swisher’ (left) and ‘Winston Churchill’ (right) provide great color throughout the season and the double pink ivy geranium (can’t find the cultivar name of this one but is very like ‘Colorcade Deep Pink’) spills beautifully, softening the front edge of the container. A ‘Sonic Hot Pink’ New Guinea Impatiens fills out the left side of the arrangement.” Beautiful! Thanks, Deanne!
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now, THAT is a WOW!
great job, deanne,
best,
mindy
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Nothing short of SPECTACULAR! This week is a special treat! Thanks for sharing your talents with us. Very inspiring.
This container is drop-dead gorgeous. I love that you gave the names of the other plants so we can duplicate this. Thank you and I can hardly wait to see the rest of them.
This is the first time I've seen any use of coleus "The Flume" that makes sense. Once its used as a flower instead of foliage it makes sense. Thanks!
This is just terrific -- so inspiring! Maybe because it's snowing out AGAIN my yearn to get my hands back in the dirt is particularly strong today.
This will definitely be a week that I will look forward to with great anticipation! This container is really nice and well balanced! Thanks for bringing them to us Deanne!
Beautiful arrangement, but how do you grow so many flowers in one container this size, and what army waters it and probably many others????I loved your mail box garden.
This is a stunning container for so many reasons, and the background Japanese Maple just makes it pop. Can't wait to see more! Thanks, Deanne, for giving us eye candy for the week!!!
Many thanks for the kind comments everyone!
Birdwhisperer, LOL I would be the "army" keeping all the containers watered and I normally have 300 or more here in the summers. It takes about an hour a day to do the watering. I am able to grow so many plants in a container that size by keeping them on a good feeding and watering schedule. I also groom the plants regularly and prune things to keep everything happy.
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