The word is out: “Lorraine is the ‘plant nurse’.” Yesterday I learned of plants and planters that were available at a neglected RV site in Rainbow’s End RV Park. The next-door neighbors said the owner would not mind if I took the plants and planters. Frankly, I believe everything in the planters is dead. However, I’m told one planter had a beautiful Lantana. I removed it from the large black planter and hope to “nurse” it in my smaller container. In the picture, only three of five large planters. I suspect the soil is old and “dead”; an acquaintance will haul it to a land fill.

Large planters are so-o-o-o-o expensive!! Today, I told several that I won the lottery. Honestly, what a blessing!! The planters will be placed on “the other side” of my trailer home, with plants that thrive in full sunshine, and are drought resistant. You’ve heard me lament (?) that I can’t plant in the ground BUT I hoped for an exception “for my next-door neighbor’s sake.” An emphatic “no.” (Management does not want plants in individual yards because the next resident might prefer a “naked” RV site. When I die, management can easily dispose of my planters, Shepherd’s Hooks and garden paraphernalia.)

I’ve checked the Internet and know of several plants that will be hardy, and produce an abundance of flowers: Cape Honeysuckle, Mexican Petunia, Turk’s Cap, and Lantana. I purchased a small Turk’s Cap at Lowe’s (recently) but learned (from the Internet) how easy it is to propagate. I’ll take cuttings from a beautiful plant in the neglected yard.

Beastly HOT as my acquaintance (with a pickup truck) and I wrestled the planters.