The Pride of Temple City

From the 2007 Temple City Camillia Festival Parade

J-Crew finishes a close 2nd in the Spring

City of Kent, WA

Evergreen / Continental League - Spring 2008

Final Standings

Sunday North Division
.........................W...L...Win%
Carpinito Brothers......13...3...813
J-Crew..................12...4...750
Dirty Dawgs..............8...8...500
Alaskan Copper & Brass...6..10...375
Gypsum Supply Cobras.....5..11...313
Chellu...................4..12...250

Sunday South Division
.........................W...L...Win%
Athletic Supply.........13...3...813
Fairwood Church.........11...5...688
Break Time..............11...5...688
Blue Ballers.............6..10...375
Aarons...................4..12...250
Rainier Industries.......1..15...063

Flat Bottom Flowers: Spillers

Here's a Spillers planting tip from the Flat Bottom Flowers blog:

In my last post, I talked about the "recipe" that I keep in mind when planting a mixed container or when arranging a grouping of pots. To be visually appealing, one would need a dramatic, preferably tall focal point, a plant (or plants) that trail or spill and then several plants that go in between to fill the empty spaces. So I thought I might make some suggestions for plants that would be appropriate for each category. In this post, I'll address spillers.

My all-time favorite I-would-die-if-it-ever-went-out-of-existence spiller is (say it with me) Creeping Jenny (also known as Lysimachia nummularia). Shown here, it's hardy to zone 3 so it comes back every year in my containers, it's a rapid grower and starts tumbling over the edges of my pots by mid-June. It seems to do well no matter where I put it on my deck whether it's in full sun or shaded by the leaves of my Japanese Maple. It takes all I have not to put it in every single one of my pots.

Flat Bottom Flowers: Spillers