Life is just too busy sometimes. So two weeks ago while shopping at COSTCO, I fell upon this lovely original looking (I thought) hanging basket of annuals. They included orangy coloured begonias, golden creeping jenny and a tall dracaena spike which, I admit, due to its blatant overuse, I would normally avoid more than my husband's cooking. Is the picture on the left starting to look familiar? The price for the basket was also pretty reasonable, as are many COSTCO items. So I decided, with time being severely limited and me being creative and all, why not cheat this year? I have a shady front entrance-only two hours of morning sun people! You gardeners know as well as I do, that there are plenty more colourful flowering sun plants than there are shade plants from which to be creative with. So I did it, I cheated. I snipped the plastic hangers and freed the pretty annual flowers from their cheap plastic bucket, added more earth and voila! My entrance piece, custom made for me by adding 3 pretty purple Browalia for added interest and colour. Hopefully my additions will attest to the 'ombre-mi-ombre' statement on the plant label and survive in the two hours of morning light that shines on my front entrance. So much easier than creating a planter from scratch. But shhhh! Don't tell anyone.
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