Prince Tut and the dwarf exquisite Queen Tut papyrus grasses have put the proverbial ta-da in ‘The Garden Guy’s containers this year. The story, however, really goes back to October. I have two containers I call smokestacked in their shape. They are about 20 inches tall, ceramic-glazed and about the diameter of a Frisbee. The containers get adjusted two or three times a year, and I am headed to where they were what I call Tut Tweaked.
I planted Superbells Grape Punch and Superbells Tangerine Punch calibrachoas in the container that always have Goldilocks Creeping Jenny and White Knight sweet alyssum, which has been acting perennially for me. They came through the winter perfectly, perhaps flinching a day or two after we had a 21-degree day March 13.
In early April, I had the opportunity to try the new Supertunia Mini Vista Scarlet petunia. The containers already looked full, fairly fluffy and really pleasing. I used my trowel to gently part or start a crevice in between the runners of the Creeping Jenny. Then I used my fingers to fashion the hole in the potting soil just right for planting the petunia. A week or so later I received Graceful Grasses Queen Tut papyrus.
