Inspiration Friday No.8 ~ Gardening

  

  Hi everyone!!!  Big weekend here at our house, we are hosting our son's 4th birthday party.  It's a pirate party and I am hoping the cute pirate costume I ordered for him arrives today.  Should be a fun time!

My inspiration had moved from inside the house to the outside.  As soon as the weather starts staying warm I want to get out and get my hands dirty.  The front of our house is FULL sun all day long.  I am planning to make a small bed in the middle of our front yard a colorful arrangement of perennials and annuals.  Here is some of my inspiration...

I would love to grow peonies that look like these!!!

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 This is what our bed in the front yard looked the other day.  Kinda ...VERY... drab and the mulch was looking rough after a year in full sun.  I have asiatic lilies coming up and last year the vincas I planted did fantastic.

 I picked up a few plants the other day, including my first peony.  I actually ran in to buy just a few small flowers to put in pots and found that I had a Home Depot gift card in my wallet with $75 on it!  SCORE!!!

 I went to a garden center late last summer and found a large peony plant for $80!!! No, thanks.

 Luckily, Home Depot has them right now for $16.99.

 This is after planting a few plants and turning up the mulch a bit.  

Still pretty drab but I've got plans.

 I am hoping these hydrangea plants bloom this year, for some reason last year I didn't get a single bloom.

 This would be nice.

 www.coldclimategardening.com

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More peonies... I picked up another plant today, an all pink one.

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Vincas will be planted, they do awesome in the full sun and they are great for adding color!

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...and last I planted Canna Lilies that we had pulled out of a bed last year and put in a pot.  They had literally taken over one bed.  I thought they would be nice to add the tropical feel next to the palm trees and to add some height.

Happy Friday everyone, I hope you have a fantastic weekend!!!

~ Kim :)