A green thumb?

We had a little strip of dirt/concrete/mulch parallel to our sidewalk heading towards our front door. It had a bunch of concrete in there and they basically covered it with a little dirt and mulch. It is a useless area really, and the mulch made it even worse - even the slightest wind and the front entry way would be covered in it. 

If the area wasn't going to be filled in with concrete, we wanted to plant something there. We finally got it all cleaned out and purchased some dirt and plants. Here is our finished product!  Four Variegated Lily Turf and one Begonia in the middle.

I have never been very good keeping potted plants alive... I hope I have better luck with these!