Begonia Container

 

My husband was disposing of  our old mailbox when I decided to rescue it.

I had torn a stem from the pot of begonias when I was moving it from the basement.  It had plenty of roots, but the stem had been pushed out by overcrowding.  It needed a new home. 

It fit fine in the mailbox and will hold firm with the help of a few rocks in the bottom.  

It looks a little rough now, but it will settle in the flower bed just fine later this summer. I'll try to surround the lower part with pine needles or rocks.

Below is how the  mother  begonia looked last summer.