gardening down under
For my birthday, the love of my life found a most unique present. He went out searching...the "I'll know it when I see it" method of gift shopping...and stopped by an itinerant garden shop. The proprietress had a healthy display of Florida hardy plants and gifts. He came home with two beautiful purple fountain grass plants, a plumbago and a terracotta Down Under Pot. Skeptical at first, because I'd seen the silly looking 'topsy-turvy-as-seen-on-tv' method of planting, I liked the look of this clay pot. It was already planted with coleus. From Garden Wayne made the mistake of mentioning that she had a cobalt blue glazed Down Under Pot. It was more expensive, so he got the terracotta one. Cobalt blue is my favorite color. I may have said that out loud. Later in the day, he went back and bought the blue one. From Garden I took cuttings from coleus in my garden and augmented the planting of the blue pot with white vinca . ...