Photos by Laura Arsie
Planter design by Paul Zammit
Easy-to-create spring planter
Bulbs, branches and ornaments highlight this potscape you can make in three easy steps
**INSTRUCTIONS**
1. Place a few shards of broken pottery or some stones over the drainage holes in the container before filling it with pre-moistened potting soil.
2. Plant dwarf daffodils (we used Narcissus ‘Tête-à-Tête’) in the back, followed by sweet flag (Acorus), boxwood and finally lemon thyme around the edge. tip: keep the level of the potting soil about 1/2” to
1” below the lip of the pot so water won’t run over
the sides.
3. Add ornaments (in this case, ceramic balls) to create a pleasing effect. Then firmly insert pussy willow branches into the potting soil, and tuck moss around the plants to cover the soil and fill any gaps.
**TOOLS AND MATERIALS**
* 1 plant stand or container
broken pottery or small stones
* 1 17.5 L bag of potting soil
* 4 pots of daffodils; 3 boxwood; 2 sweet flag;
6 lemon thyme
* 1 small bag of moss
* 1 bundle of pussy willow branches
* 3 ornaments of various sizes
* trowel
**WHAT IT COST:**
* plant stand: $100
* potting soil: $8
* plants: $48
* pussy willow branches: $10
* moss: $5
* ornaments: $24
**Total: $195**
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