Northeast Gardening: Advice on planning a border?, 0 by Sarahskeeper

Sarahskeeper wrote:
Meg, It sounds like you are going with a lot of perennials. The first year may look a bit sparse, think about filling in the 'blank' areas with low spreading annuals like the "Wave" petunia or something. Next season things will have filled in and the annuals will be gone.
Personally, I don't want to see the soil. I cover everything with life.
I know that most folks like to mulch and have nice individual plant clusters.
I'm cheap and see that empty space as wasted, and 'have' to stuff something un-invasive in there.
Here is a 3 year old flower bed. There are over 2 dozen types of plants in there. Mixed perennials, annuals, bulbs and tubers. Not counting the Spring bulbs. The basic 'structure' stays the same but I make changes every year. It's 7 feet deep and 25 feet wide.
Andy P