A post perfect for Holy Week. Unlike previous years I didn’t bother to buy flowers for my pots out front. And it’s pointless to try and plant much of anything this time of year – they’ll die in a New York minute as soon as the serious heat rolls in. Last year I bought some silk hydrangeas that looked pretty in the pots out front and amazingly kept their color and beauty throughout the summer. 🙂 After the petunias I planted in the same pots during the fall of 2012 died, I left the big pot dormant and was surprised to see some palm-y looking things take root and last the whole fall and winter.

A month ago, to my amazement, I start seeing petunia sprouts in the pot. I never figured petunias to be perennials, but this year without planning anything I have petunias. They won’t last, of course – the first days we get into the high 90s will do them in – but it’s pretty amazing nevertheless to see pretty petunias emerge from nothing but dirt. They’re beautiful.

Beauty from the dirt and emptiness of death. That’s what Holy Week is all about.