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Planting Wall Baskets 2017

I finally found the time to plant up the last two wall baskets. We have two more but they are covered in ivy and that is a whole new post.

 I had to choose a little quicker than I would have liked, we went to the garden centre as the family of 5 and the eldest two were trying to wreck the water features, despite every threat know to myself and Mr MC&W being thrown at them. 

 The Petunia was on buy one get one free and they only had pink ones left so I chose two colours to try and clash them in the same planter.

 One was called Neon Pink and the other was Pink and it is not quite the effect I wanted but think it looks good and when they take off will be very colourful.


The next one was a bit different and it is pink again, I left it a little late so the choice was a little limited, to add to this I had to choose fast. I had to read a few labels as I had to find plants that could cope with some shade. This was a big lesson learnt from last year.

 As you can see this had a few weeds growing out of it and really needed to be sorted out.


I found these beautiful Lobularia Raspberry Stream which I put at the back of the basket they are very delicate and very pretty, then I found these soft pink Sutera Bacopa which was called Great Pink Beauty. These should trial over the edge of the basket. It is such a pretty delicate combination, I actually really love it. The best part was a hoverfly landed on the Bacopa as I was planting it.



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  1. Emily Twin Mummy and Daddy7 July 2017 at 12:32

    I love the colours! I wish I knew the names of plants, but this morning I was in my garden admiring all the colours of the flowers. White, yellow, red, orange, purple - they're beautiful! Thanks for linking up to #ThatFridayLinky

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  2. Susie / So Happy In Town7 July 2017 at 17:06

    These are really beautiful. I'd love to have colourful baskets like these. #ThatFridayLinky

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  3. rcartwright15 July 2017 at 13:06

    So pretty, a great splash of colour in any garden #blogstravaganza

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  4. Note Me Happy16 July 2017 at 14:10

    These look so pretty! Thanks so much for sharing with #Blogstravaganza xx

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