Flower Container Update

I can say the flowers are really starting to grow. I have to spray almost all the plants with some aphid defense spray. Those little boogers are eating away my leaves and blooms on nearly all plants. That is a chore for this weekend for sure!!

The pansies I transplanted from the white hanging containers are just loving their new home.

The difference in one week is just tremendous.
So many new blooms and many new buds as well.
It has even gotten a little fuller.

This was one of the healthier ones I 
transplanted. It is really thriving just
one week later!!

My next update is on my whiskey barrel plantings in the new side gate corner flowerbeds. In just two weeks they have almost doubled in size. The petunias are becoming large and I think by end of July will finally spill over the edges.

I know the picture from July 1st which is the one on the left, is from a different
angle, but it can show how small the plants were.
The petunias are beginning to spill over. And the plants
are beginning to bounce back from the frostbite.

My rose whiskey barrel is the one that is really shining. The rose had just gone through a fresh blooming and I just deadheaded it. So you won't see any blooms on it in the updated picture, but the petunias have almost doubled in size. I do have some aphids munching pretty heavy on these, so they will get a good treatment this weekend.

This planter just makes me happy every time I see it.
Those fuzzy little plants planted around it are finally starting to grow as well.
Many didn't make it, but I am surprised by the ones that did.
The best thing too about this planter is that
the petunias and rose were both clearance purchases!!

The next collage is of the color of other transplanted flowers. It is these unexpected bright colors that make me so happy. The geranium is a transplant from a different planter. It was getting covered up by the dahlia and other geraniums in another planter. I needed this guy to shine because of its variegated leaves and salmon blooms. The little blue flowers are transplants as well. They were in the planter with my pretty pink petunias and marigolds. They were not thriving because all the other plants were taken over. The petunia is planted in one of my window planters on the fence. It is just such a pretty color to see every day when I am outside enjoying my morning cup of coffee.

Speaking of petunias in my window planter, these are on the left side of the fence next to my greenhouse. Keith wanted these because of their colorway. I wasn't too sure about them, but he was so right. They are just such show stoppers!!

The stardust look of the magenta ones is so unexpected.
And then the different white and purple variegation in the petunias
on the right is just show-stopping.
It is amazing how one week there will be more purple
 and the next more white.
I just love the continual supply of color these petunias provide.

I have a few projects on my agenda this weekend. One has to do with succulents!! I am excited about how this project will turn out. Fingers crossed it will be a show-stopper as well!!! I am also going to work on cleaning up some more stumps in the corner garden. One of my wisterias was delivered yesterday. I cannot wait to get the arch and plants in the ground!!