new flower beds
john
height, texture,
colors, etc. I don't mind searching but can't get the brain cells
stimulated enough to know what to search for. Could someone point me to a
source. North AL zone 7, new tract home. 3/4 acre ex cotton field. lawn in,
trees in,flower beds made last fall but not planted yet.
thanks
john h
m&v
always so faboo. Me, I love white flowers with differing shades of
greens and purple foliage. I like cosmos, cleome, oh just so many to
name. You can try going to http://www.garden.com or some of the many
websites with catalogs. I'd tell you to order the catalogs and sit
and read and read. Decide the "look" you are trying to achieve, do you
want perennials or annuals, or shrubs or what. So much that I do
understand your andst and lack of brain cells at this point! However,
it is also a great time to play.
Victoria-
Susan Wehe
Sounds like you're where we were, 15 years ago. I'd really recommend Garden
Gate magazine which gives bed layouts, plant recommendations and spacing
information. I gave my daughter (aspiring landscape architect) a book on garden
layouts that was outstanding. Sorry, I just finished an unsuccessful search for
the book in her room, so I can't give you the name but if you made a search on
some of the garden websites that offer books, then I'm sure you'll find either
it or something similar. Each bed that you plant will vary in amount of sun,
shape, and other plants like trees that will have to be taken into
consideration. Once you decide on a garden layout/design then ask about plant
recommendations here. There may be things that the writers didn't take into
consideration that you might want to know about up front. Whatever you put in,
mulch, mulch and then mulch some more. Gardening is a wonderful journey and the
more research you do, the better it will be and the more you'll appreciate it.
I'd really recommend that you buy Sunset's National Garden Book as a resource as
it covers more than any other resource book that I own. Good Gardening!
susan
LArrow
: I am looking for information as to what flowers go well togeather in a bed,
: height, texture,
: colors, etc. I don't mind searching but can't get the brain cells
: stimulated enough to know what to search for. Could someone point me to a
: source. North AL zone 7, new tract home. 3/4 acre ex cotton field. lawn in,
: trees in,flower beds made last fall but not planted yet.
Fantasy beds, rec.gardens way?
I'm also in zone 7 and have a dry dry dry spot; it looks like the drought
killed the crape myrtle sapling.
I'm thinking of:
anise hyssop / Agastache foeniculum /purple
butterfly weed / Aclepias tuberosa /orange red
salvia / Salvia azurea /blue
artemisia / Artemisia lactiflora /white
These are all tall late summer to fall bloomers so maybe some bulbs and
definitely some shorter early to mid summer bloomers. Maybe some
penstemon, some gaura, a quiet gaillardia if there is such a thing.
Stokesia could sprawl around the edge.
This would either look great or like an unmade bed; I can visualize it
both ways.
The garden section at the library is a fount of over-ambition ;)
Zhanataya
LArrow wrote:
> I'm also in zone 7 and have a dry dry dry spot; it looks like the drought
> killed the crape myrtle sapling.
>
> I'm thinking of:
>
> anise hyssop / Agastache foeniculum /purple
> butterfly weed / Aclepias tuberosa /orange red
> salvia / Salvia azurea /blue
> artemisia / Artemisia lactiflora /white
>
> These are all tall late summer to fall bloomers so maybe some bulbs and
> definitely some shorter early to mid summer bloomers. Maybe some
> penstemon, some gaura, a quiet gaillardia if there is such a thing.
> Stokesia could sprawl around the edge.
>
> This would either look great or like an unmade bed; I can visualize it
> both ways.
>
> The garden section at the library is a fount of over-ambition ;)
If the spot is so very dry, have you thought of taking advantage of that fact.
Maybe a scree garden?
Zhanataya