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Although this could very well be a picture of me finding a new treasure at a favorite nursery, it's actually an illustration by David Catrow for a children's book called Plantzilla.

Thursday, December 20, 2012

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

 
Let's say that you're a nursery that is in charge of growing and taking care of lots of summer hanging baskets.  At the end of the year, you would find yourself with lots of used fiber pots full of soil and roots.  Vassey Nursery in Puyallup has come up with a beautiful way to use these hanging pots. They drill holes in the pots, insert greens decorations, and bows.  The tight roots of the spend annuals help to hold the greens in and also holds moisture to help preserve the baskets.  Some folks take the decorations off and enjoy the greens by themselves through spring.
 You can simply pull that spent fuchsia basket down, store it in the garage for the winter and hang one of these in it's place.
 If you're not near Vassey in Puyallup, this could be a cool project to do yourself.

 
Here are some other random sights from Vassey that made me happy to live in our mild climate.
 
Camelia sasanqua 'Setsugekka'
 
cyclemen foliage will look grand all winter long!

Pulmonaria's spots are so sweet!


Yucca 'Color Guard' with that beautiful yellow/gold stripe sure stands out!  Can't help thinking of Pam at Digging and her love of this beauty!
 The pond area looking especially autumnal.
 
One of the things I love about winter here is that the combination pots become so much more foliage centric.  Sure there are things blooming but it's not the same explosion of  annual floral color that we see in the summer.



Only 5 more days until Christmas! 

12 comments:

  1. You have a lot of greenery in pots and around the pond.
    Merry Christmas!

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  2. It's true...we are so lucky to have so much green around during winter!

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    1. I still pinch myself sometimes. Like you, I'm from a place where the ground was covered with snow most of the winter.

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  3. I have a couple of fiber baskets I could use (I've decided to give up on fuchsias. They bloom too late and dry out too quickly). What a great idea!

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  4. I should do something like this with my two hanging baskets that are full of dead plants. Thanks for another look at another great nursery! It's been a while since I've been there.

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    1. It's a great idea to spruce up (forgive the pun) a basket of annuals without totally replanting it.

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  5. Those bright blue pots with all the greenery are stunning.

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    1. Vassey always has some wonderful pots to buy or copy.

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  6. Ooooo, I love seeing great ideas I just have to use! Those hanging planters are gorgeous, I would never have thought to do that, thanks! You're right about getting a chance to admire the foliage, which we can see so nicely in the rest of your photos, flowers are such scene stealers :)

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  7. Let's change our climates? ;O)Lovely green baskets. I have something for you in my blog...

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