$0.50 Beauty
Remember my $0.50 plant from Aldi? When I bought it, I thought it was the sort that produced understated, downward pointing flowers (that's all that were on it at the time!)
But nope. That bedraggled little plant I brought home is now sporting velvety purple flowers that are so lovely, photos really can't do them justice.
Joshua's 365 post: Lucerna
I love pansies!!
I adore purple pansies! They always make members think of Little Women.
I mean make *me* think of Little Women ... not used to this new phone...
Hmm. I've read Little Women lots of times but am completely blanking on a purple pansy reference! Enlighten me. 🙂
Beth makes Mr Lawrence a pair of slippers with pansies on them to say thank you for letting her play the piano in his house. He calls them Heart's Ease
Boy, that little part of the story has completely fallen out of my brain! I must need to reread that book. 😉
Yes, the slippers; I also think I recall pansies being mentioned in reference to Beth, as a flower she particularly loved, around the part when she was dying.
Beautiful! Those may even come back again next spring! I have good luck with violas and pansies coming back the next year.
I'm guessing Frugal girls harsh winters will kill the plants but they may self seed, providing a new generation of violas.
It is possible...the East Coast had a super mild winter last go-round, but they're saying we're supposed to have a really chilly season this time. Maybe if I put the pot close to the house during the winter, they'll survive.
Sometimes the most joyful of pleasures in life are the simplest , or the most unexpected ones, aren't they?! Lovely!
A beautiful flower. I love the richness of the velvety colour.
I can't tell for certain, but I'm thinking these are violas. Pansies are larger. Anyways, I live in southwest PA in the mountains (crazy snow here), and my violas reseed every year. Look for seed pods. When they open, you can just scrape the seeds out and sprinkle them where you want them! $.50 may just give you flowers for years and years!!!
Oh, that's the difference! Yes, these are definitely smaller than pansies.
Violas! Just lovely and in your area they may actually come back as perennials if planted in the ground and mulched well before cold weather comes around. Might oughta try it. Be the frugal thing to do! 🙂
Beautiful! I found two hanging baskets at Lowes foods not long ago marked down to $1.50 each, which I thought was great, but $.50 is awesome! Turned out really pretty. I love good deals (I s'pose you do too since you're the frugal girl!)
I love shopping at Aldi or Lidl. It makes life so much easier. There's only one brand of each item, so there's nothing to choose from.