flowers and plants and prettties oh my!

So due to some pretty cool things I came into ownership of these beautiful plants today. 

I was given them all as a gift... oh and I got to pick which ones I wanted out of all the millions of plants/flowers at Lowe's. Talk about a tough decision! 

It was a fun little trip though. 

After some advice these are the beauties I picked!! 

After a few hours of work in the yard... we had an amazing transformation... again! 

It's finally coming to life! 

Here is a small breakdown of what I got. 

The Hydrangea was a given. Those were our wedding flowers. We planted two beautiful ones here in Canton and its now sort of a tradition. Its our lasting legacy we leave on a home. Plus they are so beautiful! Last a long time and you can dry them and bring them in!!

The butterfly bushes will add some color (purple color that is) and attract some butterflies hopefully!

There are actually 2 coneflower plants (with multiple blooms). Hoping they add lots of color and interest. 

In the side bed I planted the most amazing calla lillies. They are called "midnight calla lillies" and are a deep purple.  See below for a picture! 

The hostas were already there, i just broke them up and moved them back. 

I also planted a few ground cover/ spreading plants to add some interest and well ground cover!

This one I call my curly Q plant! 

How cool is this guy!! I got two and hope they spread quickly. 

Midnight Calla Lillies! 

Fun afternoon at the house!

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On our way home we stopped by Home Depot to pick up a few tools for Ryan's table project. Somehow we've done all this work on our house without a crowbar. Today we finally decided we need one! (Ryan is breaking apart some old pallets)

I thought this was funny.... "wrecking bars" 

OK... and we really wanted this one. 

The annihilator. 

We passed though and got the standard yellow crow wrecking bar.