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When visitors enter the walled entrance to this tiny courtyard, they are astounded. Explosions of color are everywhere. In a space measuring just 36-feet by 32-feet, the owners have created a fantasy of flowering plants, clustered in more than 80 eye-catching containers. Flowers seem to be everywhere—spilling out of planters fastened to walls; standing erect like stately statues in the two brick planters that line the driveway and courtyard wall, and vying for attention in the pots positioned for maximum viewing effect. Plantings change three or four times every year. In spring, begonias, salvia, hollyhock and snapdragons star in the courtyard. In summer, vincas, zinnias, marigolds and more salvia appear. Owners Sue and Dickey King combine colors with bold strokes, mixing oranges and yellows with reds and purples. Green foliage plants like ivy and ferns soften the overall effect. And there are always irises in the garden. The brick courtyard is part of a historic townhouse, built in 1843. A cistern that once supplied water for the house inhabitants now is a useful place for displaying decorative containers. The original hand pump adds a note of history to the scene.