[FamiliarFace]

Here’s my 2nd year Streptocarpella, that I overwintered last year. The ivy was overwintered too. The coleus was added this year for color. Next to it is a New Guinea impatiens.

This is a new plant I bought from a local garden center this Spring. Might’ve been a Proven Winners, but I’m not sure. It’s very full and I probably should consider transplanting to a bigger pot or trimming it back.

[FamiliarFace]

Slowly we are working on our old meditation garden where the giant hickory tree was. Because I have an attachment to the photos I’ve taken of a Mama raccoon with her babies in it, I decided to keep that portion of the tree and use it in the design. It is completely hollow from one end to the other.

I’ve purchased a little raccoon sculpture to peek out from it, to remind us (and others) of how it was used. This can be seen from the street if you look hard enough. It’s on one side of our house and we can view it from the sunroom at the rear of our home. This will be a work in progress. There’s a lot for me to clean up, transplant, etc. I also have to watch out for poison ivy over there. It seems to be very woven in the groundcover.

[Paul R.]

Ah, you answered a question I was going to ask! “How well do impatiens overwinter”?

The question because I bought 3x 10” (approx. guess) hanging pots of impatiens on clearance @ Menards for $1 ea., and so far, they all seem to be recovering nicely. Overwintering them in my wife’s classroom (private school) would be quite nifty!