Back Stoop Containers - Euphorbia, Persian Shield, Sweet Caroline Medusa Green Ipomoea, Orange Zinnias - July 2024
#7 on my 2024 to-do list was to 'do better containers' this year . That meant doing DIFFERENT containers than I've done in the past. This goes back to that whole 'get out of your comfort zone' thing that I confronted with flowers in the beds last Fall. I told myself to resist early Spring and resist the Big Box store. But, also...lean-in to what I liked about last year. That 'what I liked' in our containers last year started and stopped with Euphorbia. Last year, I bought one Euphorbia plant and tucked it in with some Zinnias from Northwind Perennial Farm . Loved it. I also saw that the Morton Arboretum used Euphoriba in one of their beds in the Fragrance Garden. Lovely . (That's also where I spotted Cardoon, too.) We have two large rectangular containers - one on back patio, one in the shade on our front porch. Then, we have a large round planter on the patio and a couple smaller companion planters that sit on the steps our back stoop. This