$$ Saving with Perennials $$
Did you know that you can grow perennial plants in pots and planters? Instead of going out and purchasing expensive annuals every year, think about filling those pots with plants that will come back year after year. You could fill half of the pot or planter with a perennial and then put an annual in part of it, too. I have successfully grown sedum(many varieties), hosta, daylily, veronica, creeping phlox, black eyed susans and more in pots.
I use old metal pails, old boots, clay pots, and old cattle watering troughs to grow my plants in. I have also used an old, large branch from a downed tree, hollowed out part of it, filled it with dirt and planted hosta and sedum in that, too. I make sure that I fill the pot with a mix of good dirt, manure/organic matter, and potting soil. Fertilize plants once in a while and they will give you many years of pleasure! I leave my pots outdoors all year around and they have successfully come back every spring.
~ Hannah from Hannah’s Homestead
I love the boots!! Those look so cute! What flowering plants can you recommend for a hot climate and someone with a black thumb?
All of the ones pictured will flower in the early-mid summer and are tolerant of heat and poor soil. They are sedum( various varieties of creeping sedum). I also use Black eyed susan, which tolerates hot climates and I think purple coneflower (echinacea) would work well,too. Creeping Thyme would be nice, and I also use coral bells. Black eyed susan, coneflower and sedum are pretty much foolproof for the black thumbed person 🙂 Hens and chicks are great,too, and now come in a large variety of colors, shapes and sizes. There are also new varieties of daylilies that are everblooming/reblooming that would bloom most of the summer and are really easy to grow. Stella de Oro is a common everblooming variety of daylily, and there are various other cultivars in the de Oro family, that would stay smaller, but bloom all summer long.