Attack of the giant purple mushroom

Well... sorta.
Last year my brother was throwing out this old patio umbrella.



old patio umbrella ( photo / image / picture from cherylad's Garden )


And I immediately knew that I could use it in the garden (seen someone use one here).
Here's that old ugly umbrella today.



Hyacinth Bean Vine ( photo / image / picture from cherylad's Garden )

And it's cute flowers...




Hyacinth Bean Vine flowers ( photo / image / picture from cherylad's Garden )

 

Wow!! Great coverup. Some cities and town could use your expertise to hide ugly features.

Jerry

 

Thanks Frank and Jerry.
I did throw out the fabric and just used the "skeleton".
It was treacherous around it for a while... with the arms poking out. So I put some orange tape at the ends to keep anyone (me) from running into it and poking an eye out.

 

Eileen... it never occurred to me either until I saw it here. Wish I could remember who it was. One of the Donnas, I think.

 

Well done Cherylad, now I know what to do with old umbrellas.

 

Way cool, Cheryl....way, way cool.

 

Thanks KK and Sjoerd.
I sent a photo of it to my brother and his wife. They want their old umbrella back!

 

I agree with Jerry, you could beautify some serious places with your talent. Now I can add to the list of unique garden items id like! Hehe

 

Totally cool idea, Cherylad, looks stunning!

 

Wow this is an incredible idea, I would never have thought of something like that. I think you may have just started a new trend