So the other day I potted some ivy and petunias together in hanging baskets and a mix of I-forget-what in two ground planters. 
Now, the plan (and there's almost always a plan...whether it gets executed or not is much more variable) is that the petunias will face away from the house and get the full afternoon sun. In the past, when I've planted petunias in the hanging baskets, the ones in the back haven't done as well as the ones in the front. So they looked kinda ugly from inside the porch. This year, I put ivy in the back of the baskets, where they'll get partial sun/shade. So, if all goes according to plan, the petunias will look nice in the front of the baskets and the ivy will look nice in the back of the baskets, both of which we can enjoy from inside the porch. I've always wanted to try ivy, so that's another reason for adding that to the mix.
The baskets might look a little low and they are lower this year. In years past, I've only been able to easily reach two of them for watering, deadheading, etc. purposes and I have to admit I often neglected them because I didn't want to deal with percariously perching on a stepladder to tend to them. I found some extension chains and now they hang low enough for me to easily tend to them, although they do look a bit silly. But better silly and thriving vs. not-silly and dead.
I hope the ground baskets make it; I kinda just picked those plants at random. I don't even remember what they are. The yellow-orange ones are kinda neat because they close up at night (or when it's overcast). I also liked the yellow-orange ones because they remind me of Slim, as does the goofy little cat-fan plant ornament in the one ground basket.
Well, I'm off to water these very plants and then follow my plan for the rest of the day (again, there's almost always a plan...).
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