I thought it would be nice to start off with a photo of the first plant I bought in November of 2011.  I still have it on our back porch.  It's not in very good condition but I am too sentimental to let it go.  On the right is a photo of me on our porch in February of 2012.  As you can see the porch was very bare.  I  planted some flowers in the container on right.