Half barrel

 Remember this charmer?

 

In the winter it gets stuffed with pine boughs and other evergreens. I decided to plant it with lime green and deep purple sweet potato vine ...

...  some really pretty coleus ...

... and a red tuberous begonia, for impact.

The bergenia was cut from an existing plant in the garden.

 

And the phlox had somehow survived the winter in a small plastic pot.

More on this later.

It's helpful to plant something in front of the tall grasses that will cover the bottom of them since they can look a little manky and dried out. The phlox should do the trick.