A new unexpected project

Last night I was walking through Walmart, mainly just to get soil and a few groceries.  I walked down an aisle and found a large assortment of bulbs and came to a screeching halt!  After a verrry long debate with myself on whether I should plant plants or bulbs in some areas (mainly to save money), I just decided to get 2 packets of "bulbs" (roots) that looked the coolest: bleeding hearts and lily of the valley.  (I will probably go back later for daylily roots/bulbs for the back of the house!)

I remember seeing bleeding hearts in my old neighborhood when I was a kid, and I have always liked them. I have never actually seen lily of the valley in person, but the pictures of it always look so cute - like little bells.

This is what came in the bleeding hearts package - 2 large roots.  I put one in a bed and one in a pot.

 

And this is what came in the lily of the valley package.

I put both of the lily of the valley roots in a large pot.  I learned afterwards that lily of the valley does not do so well down here in FL.  It likes cold temperatures.  I did read something on a forum where one person had luck growing it in a pot.  Good!  Because that is what I did - I put it in a pot.  Everyone online says be very careful not to let it dry out or it will die.  Hard to do in such a hot climate - just wait til summer!  Anyway, of course I hope it does well, but if not - well, it was a $5 experiment (plus cost of soil).