@Carol We can dream it does not cost little and it makes life good. I am not much on cars. I will buy a car and drive it until the wheels turn square. I would be afraid when I found a plant I would not want to put in the car if it was too nice.

You all have been peeking into my dream. I am selling one of my rental properties and as soon as it sells this is going up. The structure in the pic above you can see the sunroom on the right side of the sun room is a open concrete patio area that I want this built.




It will be so easy to just walk the plants over to the room and not have to carry or drop plants down to the ground.

What a wonderful solarium that would be, Cinta. That puts my "simple" room to shame.

I need a WOW emicon.

For sure, Ric.

I want that. I did build one once, but that was a dollhouse. I can't have that, but Cinta, you can, and I can live in it vicariously thru pics. Perfect.

Lynn. The Primula improved so much after I moved it to part shade.

Two more planters done today after the MountainCrest order came.

@Cinta over your future solarium! That will be gorgeous!

I have had them come out and price the construction. It is not expensive. It just looks expensive. I guess because the footing is already in place and I do not need all four sides because it is going to back up to the existing building. All they have to do is put the structure up. They are going to install electric baseboard heating like the morning room.

Okay I have to wake up from my dreams. Back to containers.

@ge1836
Jo Anne those look great. My favorite semps are the Pacific Breed. They have such pretty colors.

I rescued this one from the grocery store last night for 1.00. They had a sale 3 pots of them for 3.00. It was the last one left.

Cinta that solarium is beautiful. Like Carol I will have to live in it vicariously thru you photos.
Which 'Pacific' is your new one Cinta?

Jo Ann, great picks from Mountain Crest Gardens. They send out such amazingly healthy plants. I think your Pacific one is actually Pacific Devil's Food', it shouldn't have red in the name. Or did you put red in the name as an indication that it on the red side?

Thank you Lynn. Like I said it really is not expensive. The cost is when they have to dig down below grade and bring in truckloads of concrete. Since that is already in place I only have to spring for the structure and the wiring for heat.

I was saying I liked JoAnne's new Pacific. That line always has such nice colors. My semp is a no name cheap grocery store find for my living pic projects.

But you no name looks like it is going to have some great color once it get happier.

A few from tonight just as it was getting dark.





I've shown some of these before but they looked kind of good tonight. Just waiting for the nights to be warmer and then will add a few annuals for color.

Julia... Bright and Beautiful those are!

Very nice Julia. And I love your tiny maples.

Julia, you've got some nice color echoes in the 1st and last photos. Your combos are lovely.

Those are beautiful. I agree with Debbie your color matches are great. You have made me go back to Lowes and buy a couple of the Japanese Painted Fern. I have two in the garden and love them so I am going to do a idea borrowing from your pots and add it to my perennial pots on the patio.

Yum, me too - I really like those. And, please tell me.. what's that frothy pretty tree thingy in the third photo down? Its probably something that will just go gak in this zone but I just gotta know. TIA

Japanese Maples, left Fairy Hair and right Koto-No-Ito.

they are beautiful!

I'm getting very interested in all the different Japanese maples. Must pay more attention. I really like the Koto-No-Ito. Thanks for the photo, Julia - now I need another really good idea.