A Lasagna Flower Garden

A lasagna garden has been planted in a new large container at my house. The container would take a lot of soil so several cement pavers were laid in a crisscross pattern in the bottom, this will allow for drainage.  Soil was added more than half way up, then a burgundy dinner plate size dahlia bulb was planted. After that, more soil was added to the container, on the top  portion of the pot, for color in the spring, a large white tulip and several red and white tulips were added. A package of California poppy seeds were sprinkled around on the surface of the soil and small bulbs were also planted in this layer.  But because we had “clean up helpers” the bag they came in---well can you guess what happened to it?  Unfortunately the name was not one that I had heard or seen before. All the searching in books and on line has not helped me at all to identify the plants.  So maybe when they grow and bloom it will help to identify them. Alyssum and maybe pansies will be added for more color. 

This past summer, we had sunflowers growing in front of the fence, so after the blooms dried out and the plants started to decay they were all removed (or so we thought). But one sunflower seed among the several we had decided to tough it out in the freezing nights and wet days and it is blooming now, with several buds to open. What fun, sunflowers in the early spring!

photos by Toni Greer

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