But I wanted to share with you what I put in those gentle giants. Took a lot of stuff to fill them -- they look good now so I can't wait to see them when they are fully grown out. Of course, there are pansies, violas and kale, but to add some height in the middle I used a conifer. Juniper communis 'Gold Cone' is in the shorter container. It can tolerate the heat and drier conditions we are going to throw at it; and this variety won't get but about 18-24" wide so it won't overwhelm the pot. New growth is yellow while fall color turns a slight shade of blue.
The grass in the back container is a panicum -- a wonderful perennial grass. Its winter look goes well with the juniper so I left it. In the spring we'll cut it back and let the pretty blue blades stand proud.
Since yellow is one of the traffic stopping colors I used it as my main theme, adding purple as the accent. Here is what I planted:
Delta Premium Pure Yellow -- a bright yellow face that will companion with just about any other color.
The viola I used with it is Sorbet Sunny Royale (above). There is enough purple to give contrast but also enough yellow to stand out. I didn't get a close up of the kale that I used in both containers but it is Winterbor -- its ruffled leaf edges gives the container some movement. These are all in the shorter container. In the tall on in the background I used ---
Dynamite Blue Jeans....it practically glows (forgive the picture -- it was another windy day). It is paired with the Delta Pure Yellow and, one of my favorite violas, Sorbet Yellow Chiffon, a non-stop bloomer -- pictured below.
Violas are tough and bloom heavily, so if the pansies need to take a break there will still be lots of color. Now that there are flowers in these pots maybe folks will stop using them as giant trash cans -- we can only hope.
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