Joanne:"Do some winter sowning, plant a few extra bedding plants in your flowerbeds for backup inventory, in case you need to replant a container mid-summer. If you have a casualty in late season, don't despair, there are some nice silks at the dollar store that will fill the gap. Often winter sown seedlings are the perfect size to add to a container later in the season."
That struck me as really funny. I would never think to stick a silk flower into a bad looking flower pot! I'm not good at replacing one after the fact either. I usually end up mangling something else and killing it in the process.
I think Joanne not only has a green thumb but also nimble fingers.
Karen
