Just a quick update on the flowers:
We have these baby Snapdragons all over the yard. They look like them anyway. I remember when I was young my sister and I would pick them and make them “talk”.
When they are squeezed gently they open up like a small mouth. We’d do puppet shows with them! LOL! They kept us entertained for hours on end. 
The planter is almost cured and then can be filled with soil. Mom has it sitting on an old chair for now:
