Flowers.....for Me?

It's spring time again, and I still live in an apartment, which means another year that I don't get to do a garden. But yesterday Aaron decided that we could improvise again this year, and he built me a planter box.

We don't have a patio like we did in Texas, so this planter box is quite a bit smaller, but Aaron stained it and it looks really nice. Plus I think he improved his design because he didn't have to use wire this time.


We went to Home Depot to pick out the flowers. We decided to go with a yellow and orange theme. My two favorite colors.


We got one big, cool, spiky looking yellow flower for the center. Then on the outsides we did daisies that have an orange center that fades out into yellow and then white, and bright orange marigolds. Ya, I know what you're thinking...I thought Krystal hated Marigolds. I do. I planted these as a tribute to my dad, who happens to be the reason I hate Marigolds. Every year when I was growing up my dad would bring home flowers and it was my job to plant them. Well, he always brought home like 4 flats of Marigolds with the instructions that I was to plant every single one of them, and disperse them evenly all over the yard. And I had to redo it again every year because Marigolds are annuals. It took me all day, and by the end I vowed I would never plant another Marigold as long as I lived. Well....here's to you Dad, for the rest of the summer every time I open my front door I will think of you and of how much I hate Marigolds. :) They do look nice though.


Even if our planter box is small, I think it adds a nice touch to our apartment complex. It brightens it up a little, so you don't notice the concrete wall and the cars in the parking lot so much right when you walk out the front door.