Over the years I've liked the look of the cool blue fronds with the bright red containers, and I used them in different spots.
That's the benefit of containers in the garden, they are easy to move about.
I liked them best arranged in a slight curve in the dining room window garden one year. They added height and form and a different color to some blank spots behind the red flowered Texas betony.
I also liked them in a straight line right behind the green trough of geraniums at the front door. The trough hid the containers, but enough red peeked out to complement the sturdy red geraniums, and the grassy look was a nice backing and contrast.
But it's been several years and the grasses need to come out.
They've gotten big and seem to be constrained -- only one even bloomed last summer and they all looked a little floppy.
I don't think grasses really like containers for very long -- but they looked good for the first years.
However, I don't know if I can be successful growing the blue fescues in the ground. When I had planted them originally they all struggled, but these three clumps are pretty big now. I'm hoping they can survive and look good in the ground.
It would be nice to continue using the red pots in a threesome. They are a bright punch of color and a nice size to group together.
But it's time for the grasses to be removed, and other than the single aronia plant, I don't know what else will go in the remaining two red pots.
But I'll find something and use them individually.
