Thrill'm, Fill'm, Spill'mThis was a fun job! Using a clay pot, potting soil, Variegated Flax Lily, Blue Mistral Delphinium, and "White Magic" trailing Verbena. The Flax Lily was not quite as tall as I wanted, so I placed it in a separate pot and elevated it slightly above the others.
The pots of blue delphinium contained three plants in each pot. I divided them up and placed them around the lily pot. The verbena was in a hanging basket that I separated and placed around the outside edge of the clay pot.
I added slow release fertilizer at two levels as the soil was placed- halfway and at top. I also made sure that there were no voids in the soil as the plants were placed. Air pockets around the roots can retard good root development. A thorough watering followed the completed job.
As I stood back to admire my creation, a major "boo boo" glared at me. Can you guess what it is? Take a good look at the picture and leave a comment as to what you think.
Hopefully your shade plant will do like some of ours have done. Take for instance our hostas, which are supposed to be inclined for shade to part-shade. Well, they thrive in an area we know call our hosta garde, in full all day sun. So don't feel as if it might not work Poppy, so your Variegated Flax Lily might just find that likes 'tanning.'
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