full on "little old lady land"

Geraniums are hands-down my favorite flower for pots on the front porch. Some would call it boring, maybe regimented, but the truth is I just know what I like and these geraniums are reliable performers. 

The jade plants and oxalis have also come outside.  

Caladiums are in their pots, under the Japanese maple, where for some reason the hosta's just don't do so well anymore. I like this lime green "neon pothos" that I decided to pair with them along with the tradescantia zebrina. If it does well here I will bring some in for the winter - it's classified as a tropical houseplant... we'll see. 

It's full on "little old lady land" on my front porch and I am not ashamed to admit it. It takes years to collect stuff from all the women gardeners that came before me. You can not buy it all at once and set it out. A true little old lady can tell the difference between a carefully curated collection and something bought all at once for effect... not that there is anything wrong with that. 

Comments

[Kathy B]

...a carefully curated collection...nothing wrong with that!!!

[jacki long]

My teacher once told me I was like a geranium. I was hurt, couldn't I be a tulip orsomething fancy? Later he said, geraniums are good, they bloom easy and don't require tending.

[Debbie Jordan]

I love your collection of plants and do-dads especially the chair. I just stick a plant in a pot and consider it done. I need to up my game.

[Chris Oliveira]

Beautiful! We can only plant geraniums in our backyard as the critters eat everything else.

[carol]

Chris, I do know about the critters and have done battle with my share of squirrels.

[carol]

Jacki the geranium! it has a nice ring to it :-)

[carol]

Debbie: once you start you will never look back. Grandmothers, great aunts, aunts, moms, cool uncles, will all want to share... knowing YOU will be enjoying their "treasures" for years to come.