{"id":27584,"date":"2015-06-08T18:00:30","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T23:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=27584"},"modified":"2015-06-08T15:11:51","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T20:11:51","slug":"update-on-the-front-porch-planter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=27584","title":{"rendered":"Update on the Front Porch Planter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last fall I blogged about the plants that I put in the large pots on our front “stoop.”\u00a0 (I love calling it that.)\u00a0 I explained then that during a session at our July blogging conference, we learned that planters should have a tall, a thick, and a trailing plant to make it more visually interesting.<\/h3>\n

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At the time I planted a fall look with the evergreens and mums.\u00a0 My intention was to just replace the flowers seasonally and keep the shrubs.\u00a0 The plan is working.<\/h3>\n

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I gave it a a spring look in March by planting pansies.<\/h3>\n

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I think the summer look is the best yet.\u00a0 I added wave petunias in two colors and a furry green annual.\u00a0 Sorry, but I don’t know what it’s called.\u00a0 It is lush and full, and it’s only June.\u00a0 I can’t imagine how over the top, literally, the plants will be by August.<\/h3>\n

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There are all kinds of textures going on, and I love that.<\/h3>\n

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Here it is from our sidewalk.\u00a0 (Sorry about the yuck on the bench.\u00a0 It is on my list to paint.\u00a0 Yikes!!!)<\/h3>\n

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So, the lesson I took away from that class is that by using shrubs that are tall and trailing, seasonal flowers can be the thick.\u00a0 In this case, they are also going to be trailing.\u00a0 Oh, in case you are wondering what I did in the winter, I replaced my mums, after they had died, with lanterns.\u00a0 It was adorable.<\/h3>\n

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Thanks so much for stopping in.\u00a0 Jordan will be having an adoption update soon.\u00a0 Stay tuned.<\/h3>\n

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Take care.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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