One of my favorite spring flowers are the Pansies and Violas. Pansies and violas are cold tolerant plants and are one of the first flowers to bloom in the spring and will keep blooming until the heat of the summer. Add them to an old container such as a bucket and they are adorable.
I have 3 galvanized buckets that I inherited from my husband’s aunt.
They were his grandmothers before that. His grandmother operated an Apple orchard so they were probably used for that purpose. It is fun knowing some of the history behind the buckets.
When I was given the buckets I was super excited/happy. I love reclaimed items. Just goes to show that the old saying “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” is so true.
This bucket is in pretty good shape. The other one I used for the herb garden had part of the bottom rusted out which worked great for the herbs.
Since this didn’t have a bottom that had holes, I added a few holes in the bottom for drainage.
Next I added rocks to create a way for the water to drain to the bottom of the bucket.
Same as the herb garden if you want to see how I did that.
Add a good potting soil and then add the plants. Water well. They will do best if they receive at least 4 hours of early morning sun and then later in the day shade.
To keep the flowers blooming you will need to pinch or clip off the wilted blooms so that they do not go to seed.
I do this every day or every other day. Its not hard to do.
I have them on my front porch.
What type of containers have you put flowers in? Do you like vintage containers?
Thanks for stopping by. Talk to you soon!
Too cute!! Love the pop of color!!
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Thanks Alli…….I love the colors that Spring brings. Have a great Day!
Too cute! I have a few galvanized buckets but they don’t have a fun back story like your does! I need to find some pansies!
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Hi Jayleen…I love to see your buckets once you fill them with pansies or whatever else you decide. Have fun and thanks for stopping by. ~bonbon~
Thanks so much for linking up at Feather Your Nest Friday. 🙂
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Love an old bucket and it looks great with the little pansies! Thanks for linking to Something To Talk About Link Party!!
This looks so incredible! I’m always so amazed by your talent. Pinned and tweeted. Please join us on Monday at 7 pm and party with us! It is so super fun to see what you have been working on! Lou Lou Girls
Love it….I just started collecting buckets of different sizes and color last year to plant in. I think it just adds to the garden.
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Hi Pam I agree, buckets really add interest to a garden. Thanks for stopping by.
Thank you for sharing at Friday Favorites! I love the look of the pansies in the bucket! Hope to see you again next week! Michelle
Bon Bon, this is so great! I love the use of the vintage buckets and the history you have with them. Beautiful flowers as well. I haven’t planted my flowers for Spring yet, I know I’m late. Thanks for sharing on Friday Favorites. Hope to see you link up this week. I also pinned your post!
I also wanted to mention that your post was selected as my favorite this week to be featured. 🙂
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What a great surprise. I am running behind this week but will head over now. Thanks
Hi! I wanted to let you know that you will be featured as one of my favorites at Friday Favorites, which will be live tonight! We would appreciate a shout out on your social media & hope you will link up again! Thanks Michelle OurCraftyMom
These look wonderful in a bucket, such a clever idea! I wish we could still get pansies, were past that point in our season! Thanks for stopping by Friday Features this week!
Have a great weekend, Karren
Oh I think I need a bucket full of pansies to brighten up our garden for spring. They were my granddad’s favourite flower, he said they reminded him of smiling faces.
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What a wonderful memory of your granddad. Now I will think of the smiling faces when I look at pansies. Thanks for stopping by.
Love anything in galvanized buckets, but flowers are the best! Beautiful 🙂
I’m still waiting for the pansies to arrive in our area – another week or so and I’ll be planting up some buckets too, thanks to this inspiration! Would love for you to share it on Dishing It & Digging It – we go live every Sunday at 4 PM Eastern.
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Thanks I will be heading over at 4 p.m. Thanks
Love the color, it screams spring! You are my blog pick of the week at Home Cooking Recipe Box. Stop by and visit some time. Have a great week! http://homecookingrecipebox.blogspot.com/
So pretty! Vintage pretty at its best!