Gardening Tips: Hide Unsightly Structures with Clematis

At least that was the idea. I've seen my neighbor's mailbox garden and saw that she was hiding the ugly mailbox pole with Clematis. I went to Lowe's today and got Clematis to copy the technique. Because I didn't buy enough of them, it looked pretty pitiful when I planted it. I don't know why I keep repeating the same mistake. It's important to buy plants in bulk! Here is the picture. Notice how the plant is accenting the black pole rather than hiding it....

Mailbox Garden

I planted new flowers by my mailbox because I didn't like what I did two weeks ago with it. Here is the after picture.

















I've tried to make it look interesting by planting the contrasting colors (yellow and purple).

I've also planted the taller purple flowers in the back and lower pink flowers in the front to create depth (is this the right word? I don't know).

I could've gone crazy like this mailbox garden but I have papers to write and I don't want to scare my neighbor. They don't know that I am crazy yet.