The pots for the gravesites over Memorial Day are planted.
Grandparents: cherry colored ivy geraniums w/ blue arrow juncas and lavender alyssum.
Mom & Dad: Bi-color burgandy geraniums w/ blue salvia and white alyssum
Doug: Dark red geraniums w/ blue arrow juncas and white alyssum
Heidi: Pink and salmon geraniums w/ diamond frost euphorbia
Ruth & Rodney: Lavender and orchid ivy geraniums w/ lavender alyssum
(Can you tell I prefer geraniums and alyssum.) I plant them early in the month so they have some time to settle into their new surroundings. Picked plants that already had buds but not in bloom. That usually means by the time Memorial Day comes they will be flowering. I don't have any backup plantings. If a pot doesn't bloom in time I'll see if I can substitute w/ plants I overwintered. I have ripped most of those pots apart, put in new soil & fertilizer, and repotted them. They have pretty blooms but aren't as lush as new plants. First and foremost, however, I still need to watch the temps. Freeze warnings for tonight. Everything goes back inside Sleipnir at least one more time.
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