I've been collecting containers for more years than I care to count and am especially fond of blue ceramic pots. They've made their way all over the gardens over the years but I never made a point to collect them in one location. My friend Sue from
Idyll Haven has a fabulous collection of blue pots and displays them on her patio. It's a visual treat. To that end I decided I'd collect and display the blue pots on the driveway this year and am pretty happy with how this is turning out. Thanks for the inspiration Sue!
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| Love this one with the swirl design. A keepsake from our Idyllunion trip to Long Island in June |
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| A peek through to the tropical border on the other side of the front lawn. |
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Just scored this pot from Home Goods for $25!!! The C. Thailand Giant was over in the tropical border
but was fighting for space with the A. Portodora so I decided to liberate it. the plastic pot it was growing in
fit perfectly in the new one. It was meant to be! |
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| The blue glass piece was a gift from a gardening friend and has a solar collector and light. |
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| The little variegated agave is a pup from Sue's plant and is several years old now. |
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My nosy kitty Rahjii has his 'Cranky Face' on. He normally follows me around the gardens when I'm working outside or taking
pictures. When I process the photos it's like "Where's Waldo" the cat usually shows up in half the frames. |
So I have a triple wide driveway. I imagine I could collect quite a few more blue pots before run out of room.... Hmmmm.... wonder what Doug will think of that.
You've got me singing the blues! Your blue pots are very effective grouped together like that I love the glimpses of orange pots and hot colors and big leaves in the background! Zowie, you've got a great eye, way cool plants, and a gorgeous garden!
ReplyDeleteThanks Peter!
DeleteLove your blue pots all grouped together. They look great in front of the hot colors of your tropical border. You have some fabulous plants.
ReplyDeleteThanks Alison!
DeleteThe only one who will be blue as a result of this latest "collection" will be Doug when he opens the next credit card bill!
ReplyDeleteThe Thai Giant looks so much better with the additional space and naturally I think the blue pots are da bomb.
Hahahahahaha... It's all true Sue
DeleteLove the blue pots! You've got your watering chores cut out for you Deanne - that's a lotta pots!
ReplyDeleteThanks! Yes, it takes me a couple hours a day to water all the pots. I'm up to three hundred or so now.
DeleteVery nice Deanne, you obviously have a 'new area' going. These photos are just fabu !
ReplyDeleteGoing to be in Boston in August..pondering...
Oh boy, another visit from my west coast Idyll Friend???? Would absolutely love it Kathy, Perhaps we could zip up to Coastal Maine BG while you are here.
DeleteSeriously that C. Thailand Giant is out of control! (In a very good way). More blue pots...your driveway deserves them.
ReplyDeleteThanks Loree, the c. TG along with all the tropicals really love all the heat and rain we've been having this summer. Me, not so much!
DeleteYour plants do look great in those blue pots. So glad we're keeping ours now at the front of the house!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks!
DeleteHah! I was hoping you'd post on that pot. Looks wonderful with the papyrus. Love the speckled one too with Sue's varieg agave. That plant next to it, heart-shaped leaves, varieg, is spectacular! That can't be a persicaria, can it? With all that heat and rain, I bet your garden thinks it's in Thailand.
ReplyDeleteThanks Denise, that's a Hibiscus tiliaceus 'tricolor'. Not hardy here of course, LOL. Has to be brought in for the winter.
DeleteAnother blue pot lover here, Deanne! Love the new one from Home Goods. Don't you love that store? I scored recently on two blue ceramic garden stools. Love it, love your garden!
ReplyDeleteThanks! and yes, I love Home Goods
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