It was a cold rainy day around here yesterday and I didn't feel like working on the flower beds. Not to mention the weed infested and overgrown patio flower beds are a bit overwhelming. I need a bright, warm, sunny day to tackle those.
So instead, I worked on the flower pots I have sitting on my front porch. I have some large pots sitting on either side of our front door. Right before spring, I posted about these tiered flower planters by Amy at Positively Splendid.
I know it needs more color and eventually the lilies will bloom so there will be some color soon. I also have some mums in there for fall color. I am thinking of planting some spring bulbs, maybe tulips, so I'll have color all spring, summer and fall. I don't know why I didn't pick up some tulips when I was at Lowe's yesterday. What I did get was some asylum flowers that were on clearance for .25! I got 8 of them, 4 to plant in each of the bottom planters.
After planting the asylum, plucking out some dead leaves in the top planter, and adding some mulch, the planters now look like this:
I know, not a dramatic difference, but it's getting there.
Once again the before
and after: