Yesterday I took a quick spin around Roger's Gardens. It was beautiful as usual. They had some great urns jam packed with succulents. So it gave me an idea.
I bought 4 of these succulents and went home and gathered the gazing ball, some green glass rocks that I had and planted the bird bath. ( Don't feel sorry for the birds, the bird bath was too deep for them, they have a great time in our fountain.)
So I put the gazing ball in the middle instead of another plant, put the succulents around it and filled in the gaps with the glass rocks.
My snapdragons are growing like mad and the bunnies seem to leave them alone. My ranunculus on the other hand are being devastated by the bunnies and so are my fairy primroses.
The saga of the bunny is ridiculous. I put up chicken wire, he finds a way in. I plug the hole, he digs another. I've almost got the whole fence buttoned up - a hole at a time. The chicken wire did a great job for two years keeping the bunnies out, then the association made me take it down so they could paint the fence. I had a neighbor boy put it back up and it looked like it went all the way to the ground, but there was just enough space to give a bunny hope!
I recently planted this urn with succulents as well. They are popular right now and great for my backyard which faces west and gets the hot sun all day.
For my birthday, my friend Marlene gave me all these succulents in a beautiful little wire planter. I didn't hang it fast enough and our puppy Gus tore out the moss. So I planted them all in here. I like the way it turned out! You can see my fairy primrose in the background. Leaves growing like crazy, but no flowers. Bunnies eat them every night.
God is so creative in his design. No detail left undone!
3 comments:
What a beautiful backyard! You have a green thumb Janie.
You sound like my dad complaining about the bunnies. :)
I like your comment at the end about God's creativity and the details. When I walk through Central Park in the fall it is SO gorgeous and I can't help thinking over and over, "How can anyone not believe in a God with all this beauty? It cannot be an accident." In fact, some of the times I have known more certain than any other have been when I've been looking at the world's beauty. I am so grateful for my eyes to take it all in.
Your backyard is beautiful! My daughter lives in Southern California also. You guys get a jump start on Spring flowers compared to us up here in Oregon. Our neck of the woods is beautiful also, but this year the weather has been crazy. Here it is mid March and we just had some snow falling on the valley floor on Sunday! I'm ready for some warmer weather!
such a pretty and soothing yard display!!! can you tell me what the hanging plant from your urn is? exactly what I'm looking for!!
thanks....and post more pics of your yard! I'm loving it!!
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