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In addition to ripping out as much grass as possible to expand my landscaping, I am obsessed with container combinations. I liked my 2012 containers so much, I planned on recreating a lot of them for this summer.....didn't happen because there are always so many annuals out there to choose from and there seemed to be some availability issues on some annuals. Please disregard the dates on the photos, I didn't set it on the camera.

2012 Deck container in June: Pink Mandavilla, coleus, margarita sweet potato vine, zonal geranium & pink dragon wing begonias. Same container in July:

2012 ivy geranium hanging basket that I added emerald lace sweet potato vine to when I switched it to a 16" hanging basket.

2012 fern hanging basket with wandering jew added when switched over to a 16" hanging basket. Wandering Jew is my favorite go-to container annual, since it takes the Nebraska weather, sunny and/or part-sunny sites. Had a heck of a time finding it this year.

June 2012, Large planter: House Tropic with pink dragon wing begonias, Kong Pink or Coral, Purple Waves, and Margarita Sweet Potato Vine. Small planter: Purple Angelonia variety, zonal geranium, variegated ivy.

Same planters in July 2012

Portulaca with Wandering Jew....again.

This 2012 trio of containers always seems to be the "whatever I have left from my buying sprees" combinations. I don't save the tags, so not sure on the specific names of the annual varieties.

2012 front door topiary container. I've had this container for about 18 years. They finally got retired this year for something new.

Here's the 2013 something new at the front door: Cordyline variety in center, with springeri, Kong Rose, variegated ivy, purple verbena variety, Shock Wave Deep Purple.

2013 container in front of "something new": zonal geranium, variegated swedish ivy.

Here's what they look like by the front door. Much more updated than what was there before.

2013 other side of front door to balance off the area: variegated geranium with Lysimachia nummularia ‘Aurea’ (golden creeping jenny) and wandering jew.

2012 by garage topiary container that's been around for 18 years.....so, the new containers......
2013 by garage to balance out front door containers. Cordyline variety in center, zonal 'apple blossom' geranium, springeri fern, purple mosaic verbena, 'Merlin's Magic' coleus (I think), Shock Wave Deep Purple, and the lime yellow "spiller" is new to me this year and I can't for the life of me remember what it's called. Very vibrant against the black/gray container. I have this one stuffed waaaayyyy too much, so we'll see how it holds up when the temperatures get excessively hot.

2013 hanging baskets that have to take the place of my 2012 ferns with wandering jew. My usual garden center source for wandering jew was out, so I had to switch to the ivy geraniums with sweet potato vine varieties. We'll see. I'm missing the fullness of the ferns already.

2013 Deck container: basically the same as last year, but switched out the geranium with wave petunias, the coleus variety is different and the sweet potato vine is a "short" version. Interested in seeing how "compact" sweet potato vine can actually be, since they are such monster growers. Love 'em! The light pink wave has already been removed because it was "fighting" with the coleus and dragon wing colors. Drove me nuts.

I haven't taken pictures of the rest of them yet, since I just got done in the past couple days. Hopefully, more to come.