Rajah
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 17, 1999
How long will "Rajah's potted garden" last? 
I stopped by the garden center on my way home from work today (I had to go in for a few hours). Well, I was bad I spent money I came home with enough stuff it took us 3 trips each to transport it from the car up to our porch
Here's a picture of my "future garden":
What I have there from top to bottom:
A white double-impatiens (I think double, it may only be 1.5 because it sure isn't as full a double as my mom's double impatiens) in a hanging pot that's not going to hang on anything...
A small strangely-shaped flower that will probably die within a week because no one in my family has had luck with them but it's neat looking so I got it anyway I forget what it's called 
Cyclamin I think.
In the small pot at the back, the bluebonnets. I know, they're supposed to be hard to keep, but I couldn't resist at just $2 with how much I love bluebonnets. If they die next week, I'll replace them with another geranium
Which is what's in the pot at the front left.
In the planter I told y'all about (not planted yet, though) are red salvia. I've no idea whether they'll do well or not in our conditions, but they looked a lot like the red paintbrush I love so much and are marked to be partial-shade to sun, so we'll see. After I got them home, I found out my mom has had good luck with them in her garden.
Then in front of that is what I plan to fill in around the salvia with -- small white single impatiens.
And finally my last addition picked up at the grocery store tonight... sitting in the swan (which is 2 years old and falling apart inside but still works I guess) is a blue and purple/pink hydrangia.
So! Start the bets... how long will any of this survive "the Black Thumb of Rajah" and what's going to be the last thing to go
Any suggestions on any of these?
I stopped by the garden center on my way home from work today (I had to go in for a few hours). Well, I was bad
I spent money I came home with enough stuff it took us 3 trips each to transport it from the car up to our porch Here's a picture of my "future garden":
What I have there from top to bottom:
A white double-impatiens (I think double, it may only be 1.5 because it sure isn't as full a double as my mom's double impatiens) in a hanging pot that's not going to hang on anything...
A small strangely-shaped flower that will probably die within a week because no one in my family has had luck with them but it's neat looking so I got it anyway
I forget what it's called Cyclamin I think.In the small pot at the back, the bluebonnets. I know, they're supposed to be hard to keep, but I couldn't resist at just $2 with how much I love bluebonnets. If they die next week, I'll replace them with another geranium
Which is what's in the pot at the front left.
In the planter I told y'all about (not planted yet, though) are red salvia. I've no idea whether they'll do well or not in our conditions, but they looked a lot like the red paintbrush I love so much and are marked to be partial-shade to sun, so we'll see. After I got them home, I found out my mom has had good luck with them in her garden.
Then in front of that is what I plan to fill in around the salvia with -- small white single impatiens.
And finally my last addition picked up at the grocery store tonight... sitting in the swan (which is 2 years old and falling apart inside but still works I guess) is a blue and purple/pink hydrangia.
So! Start the bets... how long will any of this survive "the Black Thumb of Rajah" and what's going to be the last thing to go
Any suggestions on any of these?
But, I am hopeful that I am wrong! I keep checking for any signs of any little green sproutings and I am watering it! Maybe, just maybe....
So now I have half a flat of white impatiens and two and a half six-packs of the salvia that I can't plant 
