New Japanese Maple Tree In A Pot
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On Tuesday, Kendra and I visited Southwoods Nursery, and I came home with a new Japanese maple tree in a pot. I planted it in one of the new blue Walmart pots I ordered and told you about.
Once I got to the nursery, I first wanted to look at the Japanese maple tree, so I chose this one and put it in my cart. It was $100, but I consider it an investment.
It is a green Japanese laceleaf maple, or Acer palmatum dissectum Viridis. As you know, I purchased another Japanese maple around 7-8 years ago, and its leaves are red.
I thought the new tree’s green leaves were intricate and pretty. As you can see, it is placed on the side of the porch steps that haven’t been fully planted yet.
I also bought more plants to put in the rest of the pots. I never seem to have enough plants for the places I want to plant them. I’m planting a bit at a time, trying not to take on too much at once.
A few years ago, I would have been out there planting in every one of those pots. But dragging sacks of potting soil around is tiring for me now, and I don’t have the energy. It will get done.
Kendra said that when she pulled in the driveway to pick me up for our outing, she was surprised at all the plants on the other side. She said they seemed to tone down the color of the house’s periwinkle blue paint.
I think the pots look nice against that backdrop, too.
Then We Picked Up Lunch:
On the way home, we picked up chicken tacos from an excellent Mexican restaurant and had lunch here.
She’s planning to stain the railings she added before I moved in soon. With all the houses she’s working on, she hasn’t had the time.
Kendra’s Latest Flip House:
One of the big problems she’s having with her latest flip house is that bamboo keeps growing in the sewer line. I told her I didn’t know if she could ever fully get rid of it.
It’s one of those things you don’t always know until you’ve purchased the house and started renovating it. However, a daughter sold it after her father died, and she didn’t live there, so I doubt she was aware of the bamboo.
Kendra has had her crew on other jobs, so she hasn’t completed much of her patio renovation yet. I’ll show you photos when she does.
She hopes to have the new patio addition complete by Mother’s Day. I know how much she’ll enjoy taking her morning coffee out there and listening to the birds.
Her son Riley will graduate with his Bachelor’s degree next month. Then, he’ll be moving back home for a year before he goes to law school. She plans to drive to Norman, where the University of Oklahoma is, to help him move his things back home. He’s been living in an apartment there.
Marley will head to college in two years, and Kendra will be an empty-nester. That new patio addition will be a lovely haven for her to enjoy and entertain friends.
My Perennial Container Garden:
I plan to plant in the two beds on either side of the porch steps and in pots on the porch. That’s all I’m taking on this year.
We’re trying to install an easier watering system so I don’t have to climb up and down the steps to turn on the water. Something that raises the water spigot high enough that I can reach it from the porch would be ideal.
For now, I’m using that battery-operated sprayer I purchased a few years ago.
I planted petunias, hostas, coral bells, sedum, golden pennies, columbine, ivy, coleus, lamb’s ear, vinca, and an allium plant.
If possible, I hope to get all the containers planted by the end of the week. Then, I’ll take photos to show you my completed container garden.
Your Container Garden looks beautiful, and well organized, Brenda.
Here in Southern Ont. Canada I can not leave soil in pottery plants during the winter. They will freeze and break. Galvanized metal is fine, so I use quite a few of those, old washtubes I have collected.
Do you plan to take the soil out of your blue pots and move them inside, or maybe move the plants inside in the pots for the winter?
Happy Gardening! My daffodils and tulips are coming up, and some are in bud! I also have large drifts of blue Scilla underneath and beside a large old Spirea Hedge. It is wonderful to be out in the garden on a sunny day like today!
Brenda, I love your garden so far! I knew it’d lol amazing!
The blue pot looks so pretty. Happy Easter!
Do you plan to take the plants out of the containers?
Where is the sun? I have no idea where to plant what?
Your selections are outstanding and the curb appeal is attractive
No, I plan to leave them in the containers. Find plants you like online and look at the exposure details for them.
Ty
Ty I will.
Your container garden is beautiful. The colors work so well together. You have created a cozy place to call home. Mamie is happy that you have made her look and feel so young and pretty again.
Blue and green colors together, at least for me, are soothing.
I’ve always thought trees should be planted in the ground and not in pots where eventually they will die or outgrow.
I don’t think that’s necessarily true if you fertilize them, which I haven’t done. But I just ordered fertilizer I read was good for that tree.
Everything looks beautiful! I love Japanese Maple trees. They don’t grow well here in northeast IL, however.
Is it because it gets so cold there and winter is long?
Plants look healthy, you are great, and are blessed with knowledge about all plants/flowers. Like you, I enjoy plants, being outside, working with them, seeing them grow, being in sunshine makes me feel better. Thanks for sharing pictures and tips to help us. Look forward to seeing growth of all you plant for the summer.
I’m dealing with a new exposure, so I hope the plants I bought and planted will do well. It gets expensive to start over!
Your blue pots are beautiful. Love your ideas. You have given me some good ideas. Have fun planting. So fun seeing what you are doing with your house.
I’m having fun playing with the new place!
All the beautiful blue planters look great. Have you ever tried perennial bleeding heart? It looks so fancy but just plant it in shade and it’s beautiful. My lavender topiary always looks like it is thirsty with the flowers drooping. I have to do some research on that. Hoping to sell lots of outside stuff at our yard sale. I am simplifying plants and flowers outside. You are right about lugging things around. It’s getting to be too much. Have a great day!
I had that plant on my perennial list, but forgot to look for it at the nursery.
It is plumb amazing how you have already so improved the looks of this house!! You are a genius with plants however!! Ah, there are 2 things we learned that one maybe can never totally eradicate: Bamboo, and blackberry vines. Blackberry vines go 6 ft or more in depth…but at least it is a very delicious thing to eat!! We never planted bamboo…the neighbors had it…and it came under the fence constantly!!! Haha…same house had mint on the other side…we never could control it…I used it some but man it is invasive too.
I found a small pot of variegated pineapple mint the other day that I bought and brought home.
Well, I suppose you will keep the mint in some kind of container? Doesn’t all mint spread well?? Wonder if it TASTES like Pineapple Mint??
Brenda, your maple is lovely. The blue pot and leafy greens really compliment each other. Just a thought, I have a similar maple and planted white impatiens in the same pot, I don’t know if the sunlight is right for impatiens but they really set off the maple. Also love your other container planting.
That sedum always comes up in the spring for some reason (I didn’t plant it), so I leave it in the Japanese maple pot.
I love your new potted garden … it just highlights the beautiful periwinkle blue color of your home. You have such a knack for putting plant styles and colors together — and making them grow!!
You learn through trial and error.
Never mind my previous comment. I can see everything now again! But I’m back to needing moderation before being posted. Crazy!
If you’ve commented here before, you shouldn’t have to have your comment moderated. I don’t know what that’s about.
It’s going to be lovely! A real neighborhood jewel in that pretty blue surrounded by splashes of color.
I’m glad your watering arrangement won’t be the nightmare you endured in your past place. My ankles ached just reading about what you had to do!
Btw, I hope it’s just me, but I cannot see any other comments, including mine, once I post them. Just in the past couple weeks.
Have you tried clearing your cache or trying another browser?
Brenda, what you have so far is beautiful!!! I can’t wait to see more when you are finished! I miss this. Living in AZ for the last 30+years sort of killed my joy for plants, plus they dry out so fast; and now with a bad back it’s just so much work. It’s just so hot. I’ll just live through you. 🙂
I couldn’t plant a garden in the ground. Container gardening is wonderful for the disabled.
The pots are looking great. I too do mostly container gardening due to my back even tho I live in an acre of land.
That is a lovely Japanese Maple and so full already. How will it do in the hot sun? I fried my red Japanese Maple last year in our heat l. I moved it back to my porch on the other side of the house that is mostly all shade. It is sprouting new red leaves nicely now with spring weather. And seems
happier in this sheltered space. I got it at Lowe’s for $50 last year. After seeing yours in a pot I knew I wanted one.
The front faces the north, so it’s in shade most of the day.
Lovely container garden!! Just a question, what is that little blue hole thingy on the front of the house? On the front of the brick in back of your container garden?? What about filling the “bed” with white stones/rocks? I think that would pull the blue/white together
I don’t know for sure what those holes in front are, but I think they’re for draining water off the porch. I really wanted rocks, but they would be pretty expensive. Kendra wants mulch, so that’s probably what we’ll do.
All of your potted plants are beautiful already, they always grow so well that you must have a green thumb. Mine don’t seem to do so well. Still too early in our area to set plants outside yet. The color of your house is so pretty too. Your home transformations are always amazing.
Well, I sure try my best!
Like Kendra, I was amazed at all the plants you have in front of the porch! I don’t know why – I’ve been reading your blog for a log time. It looks good! Your new tree is lovely, too. So glad you are settling in so well to your new home.
I love it here. Lisa from the apartments told me that recently, three apartments just across from where I lived were flooded after the rains. It just keeps on happening.