Terrace in the Trunk

There were actually about twice as many plants in the trunk when we got done at the nursery, and if tonight weren't so wet and cold I'd be planting instead of working on the computer. But what a gorgeous palette of colors we brought home! I'll post another picture to show you what they look like on the terrace. (Vous n'avez pas beaucoup de soleil chez vous? said the salesgirl...She liked these choices, even if the entire greenhouse was ablaze with sun-loving orange and yellow and fushia-colored flowers. And my grandmother, Victorian coleus- and begonia-lover that she was, would also approve, I think.)

Comments

[Kaycie]

Coleus is one of my favorites; so colorful and so hardy. I bought plants yesterday, too. I added some lavender sweet alyssum at the foot of my purple clematis, replaced a clump of fountain grass I lost to the cold this winter, and cleaned the violas out of all my pots and replaced them with caladiums, asparagus fern, lantana, and japanese painted fern. This morning I'm going to buy some purple fountain grass to tower over my trailing lantana. I love this time of year!

[Marja-Leena]

Ooh, lovely! Having been away during the spring planting season here, I'm behind but itching to get into the garden. Thanks for the inspiration, Beth.

[Loretta]

Thanks for reminding me to buy coleus. We always plant them in a wall planter and they just grow more beautiful as the season progresses. You have quite a trunkful of gorgeous color!

[Anne Gibert]

Yes, coleus. I have lots of shady places. What colors!

[Teresa]

Did you get these at that little place down the end of Parc la Fontaine next to the Fruiterie?

I love that place.

Teresa