I have never had a green thumb. In fact, I'm all thumbs and they don't work well. We have new neighbours on either side of us. They are both fabulous gardeners. Last summer, with the guidance of our neighbour to the east, Kathy, we took out all the greenery in our front garden between the two residences and planted all new plants and shrubs. Kathy picked out all the flowers and shrubs. The beds looked great.
Now it's time to replant. It's still a little early as the signs in the nursery on many plants say, don't plant until it's warmer than 10C. Kathy planted some nice yellow flowers in her barrel. I have the same barrel and she came over and congratulated me on my beautiful flowers
The plant in the middle is from last year. The colourful arrangement are flowers I purchased at the Dollar Store about six years ago! I would say they are silk, but I paid so little, I have no idea what they are made of. I couldn't believe after the first year of sunshine, they never faded. Kathy didn't realize they were artificial and we had a good laugh. We will remove them and plant some "real" flowers when we know the weather will continue to be warm.
Kathy is the Queen of www.amazon.ca. The Amazon delivery driver stops most days. She called me out the other night to show me her new solar lights. They glow like torches! I got some too so we have balance and I captured a very short video of them:
