Aldi Anger

Hermes 'couldn't find' our house! No one else had a problem as it is numbered in sequence with the rest of the road.

That was just ‘their story’ Nonnie

I have one of those troughs GG and have painted it (garden fence paint and preservative) in willow green, a sort of very pale green, looks nice, and water just rolls off it, rather than sinks in, so it will last longer.

Well well well... wonders will never cease.
Good news at last. The garden troughs arrived at 15.47 today. The box is HUGE, they are HUGE. Much larger (and nicer) than they look online but I have yet to screw them together. Tomorrow, then I want to paint them but not sure what colour. A vibrant blue like lapis-lazuli or muted sage green. A trip to Wilco is on the cards as they have a wonderful selection of outdoor matt paint in 1ltr tins for £4.
One thing made me laugh was when I read the contents of the box. The troughs are made from Chinese fir wood. There's no getting away from it, we're somehow locked in to buying 85% of our goods from China.

Yay! Will you first determine what you will plant in it before you choose paint shade?

The U.S. is in a trade war with China currently -

I have the same planters from Aldi, bought last year. I have lavender in mine, bought cheaply fromLidl.

Lavender sounds good to me Nandalot and it smells nice as you brush past it.
Were they plants or seeds?
Much later, after the box arrived, I got another email from Hermes saying sorry but courier had to put the time back and delivery would be between 7-9 pm. Funny... especially as I'd had the box delivered hours earlier. I checked the website and it showed as still with courier.
7:35pm another email saying that my goods had been delivered at 7.30 and a forged signature showed on the tracking info (which isn't needed for safe place requests)
I've emailed them for an explanation.
Anyway...what to plant? Lavender in one of them and ? in t'other.

rosecarmel
Hmm. I think a muted green or blue shade would work with most plants but I think lavender in one as Nandalot suggested and perhaps geraniums in the other. Might paint one green and one blue. I'll put photos on here when they're done.