Plant a Memorial for Your Loved Ones This Fall
Many assume you can only plant a memorial tree, shrub or perennial in the spring or summer. However, the fall season offers ideal conditions for a long-lasting memorial for your loved ones. With warm soil temperatures, shorter days and cooler air, your living memorial will refocus its energy on strengthening its root system before winter.
You don't have to wait until spring to memorialize your loved one. Read on to see the value of a memorial plant and how you can find perennials to plant in fall weather.
Memorial Plants Can Reflect Multiple Lives
It is not uncommon to create a memorial plant to reflect multiple lives. Several families have combined both of their parents to create one memorial for their family to enjoy. Others have combined multiple pets with the pet parent’s ashes to create a memorial garden. In one instance, the pet parent was an avid gardener and it was important to the surviving children to memorialize their mother’s life and her beloved kitties that she parented over the years.
With What Types of Plants Can Let Your Love Grow Be Used?
Using the Let Your Love Grow organic mixture does not dictate the type of plantings that you can use. It is up to you what you want to use as a memorial for your loved ones. You may draw inspiration from Mother Nature or from the loved one you are honoring if he or she had a favorite tree or flower.
If you live in an apartment or don’t have a lot of outdoor space, the living memorial you plant may be in a container. If you have wide-open spaces, you can do a memorial plant container if you want mobility or you can plant a tree, shrubs, flowers or perennials to plant in fall weather.
For example, outdoor memorials such as a tree or bush like a Crepe Myrtle are perfect when remembering a life lived and giving a new life back to Mother Nature. Perennials are more likely to give you many years of joy, especially when the plant is in full bloom.
Make sure the plant you select can tolerate extreme swings in temperature if you live in a climate that is volatile. Seedlings are not the best choice for a memorial planting.
Creating a living memorial is easy. If you are using an existing plant as a way to pay tribute, combine the Let Your Love Grow organic mixture with the cremated ash around the base of the plant. Or, if you are doing a new planting, place the mixture in the soil as you place the new plant.
If you determine that a living memorial is right for you, we recommend speaking with your local nursery to determine the memorial plant that is right for your living memorial. Whether you're looking for trees, shrubs or perennials to plant in fall weather, a conversation will ensure your plant selection is right for your planting zone.
Start a Memorial for Your Loved Ones
Whenever you're ready to create your memorial plant, visit our products page to place your order. If you have questions about the mixture, please reach out to us. We are always happy to help out.
