I had the elephant, purchased at a garage sale last year and the little armadillo from another garage sale in AZ the year before. So I was inspired to planted this little gem of a mini garden last summer with a Dwarf Goatsbeard, miniature hosta 'Venusta', & some low annual plants and loved it. This winter I found this little giraffe in a thrift shop in AZ and quickly decided he would enjoy my elephant as a friend so I rescued him! I could hardly wait for spring to bring this garden back to life! Yep, the goatsbeard and hosta survived winter just fine so I added a few more small plants and another mini hosta so the wildlife settled in quickly and happily. I pruned and deadheaded it in July and last week it was overgrown again (2nd picture) so I did some more pruning and adjusting resulting in picture 3). It loves my part shade/part sun location on the back deck! Very little work involved beyond watering and monthly trimming but so many smiles when people see it!
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| May 2014 |
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| Aug 2014 needs trimming back! |
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| Aug 2014 after trimming and adjusting |
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