Home Wall Planters
A couple of years ago, I bought a metal wall planter from Hobby Lobby. Dave hung it on one side of the sliding glass door on the basement wall of the backside of our home. The fish pond is on the left side of the door and I thought one would look nice hanging on the right side.
After it was hung, I realized a second one above the pond on the other side would create a more pleasing, symmetrical look. Back to the store I went, but they were all gone.
Last year I found the same kind and size on sale for 40% off. Yes, I bought the matching one. Dave finally hung it above the fish pond a couple of weeks ago.
This year I used a couple of layers of burlap as a liner again. I am not a fan of the coconut fiber liners. My flowers seemed to desperately need water everyday. Last year it seemed the burlap worked a lot better.
Pinterest had a lot of posts on using baby diapers in the bottom of your pots and I tried that this year at home. I researched what people were saying and it seems they were getting good results and having to water less often.
I cut the diapers in half and lined both planters with them, before adding potting soil. (To my terra cotta pots, I also added rocks, a little potting soil, placed half a diaper on top of the soil. Then each was filled with potting soil, before planting more petunias.) Time will tell whether this was an good idea or not.
This year white wave petunias are flanked by variegated vinca vines in the matching wall planters. They don't look like much right now, but in a couple of weeks, they should fill in nicely.
Yes, the white and green may not be all that creative, but in the evenings, the white does show up nicely. I keep telling my children that and they just laugh...
