Simply Freesia

I went to Green Thumb Nursery yesterday with the intention of buying a few onion plants and a trellis for the beans that will eventually climb up the fence on the side of the house. I picked up 2 kinds of onions, White Sweet Spanish and Walla Walla, which will go into 1 of the 3 planting beds – probably companion planted with the tomatoes and lettuce.

But I should have never walked in the store with their “spend $50, and get $10 off” because that’s just what I did. Ugh. They had these chic planting containers on sale, as well as most of their annuals and perennials. I ended up picking up way more than I had originally planned, and ended up with a tray full of hollyhock, spring cactus, freesia, salvia, oxalis, white clover, and, of course, the very cool ceramic planting container.

The container is now filled with the freesia taking center stage and the oxalis and white clover filling in on the sides. It looks beautiful by the front door, giving the sparse (but awesome) front porch a little bit of personality. In a few weeks, the freesia should be in full bloom and the oxalis and clover should spread and fill in the empty space. Seriously, the chic-ness level has noticeably gone up.