I didn't plan this, it just happened. But it's one of those plans that went awry yet ended up just as if it were all part of the plan. I did not plan to have a blue and white spring garden in front of my house. I didn't plan it for the back yard either.
The two clems were gifts from a friend a couple of months ago.
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Moving the blue furniture from my back yard to my portico in front was the only part I did plan. The white azalea which hadn't bloomed in years suddenly grew and bloomed all over. The 41 year old rhododendron that was pronounced dead, oh maybe 4 years ago, quickly livened up. The columbine, brought from the mountains and mostly blooming pink over the years, suddenly blossomed blue. Within a week, the garden transformed itself into a magical blue and white kingdom, with not a bit of help from me. These are old plants, for goodness' sake!
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When I saw it happening right in front of me, I did manage to splurge and bought a flat of petunias. Purply blue, and a few white, but still, that counts in the great scheme of things. I stuck them in the tiered hanging planter and dared them to fill in and become the roundish ball they are supposed to aspire to. At least the heuchera's blooms remained pink.
Lesson learned: Mother Nature has plans of her own.
I need to remember this; there's no telling what she'll do in this same area next year on the 5th of April.
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