Beginner Gardening: What to plant here..., 0 by Becca7980

Becca7980 wrote:
This is Rebecca and I finally have my account...long story, but I was posting from my friend's account, TylerAnice, until now.

Ok, here is what I have so far...

I did end up pulling up the camelias and planting them elsewhere. I bought some mondo grass and divided it into very thin pieces and lined the entire bed with it. They will take a while to thicken so you can't see them well in the photo but I think they look nice. I decided to put Sweet Broom against the windows. I loved the ideas everyone gave but I happened to find some these at the store and they were not expensive at all so I did a little research and decided they would work well there. I had never heard of Sweet Brooom before now.

For the other things everyone suggested, I either didn't find them or they were a bit too pricey. And then I went with yellow marigolds and purple petunias with a little lithadora to fill the empty spaces. You can't see the petunias or lithadora well in the picture. Then I left a few random things that were already there and that I didn't want to go to waste...like the mums, azalea bush, and some bulbs that I left but moved around. I think it turned out ok on my budget...spent about $75. We still have to mulch and that will look even better. And we will be getting new solar lights so those ugly things will be gone too.

So, keep in mind when you see the picture that this was all done on very little money, that it hasn't been mulched yet, that the weather is disgusting today so everything is muddy, and that I left some things (like those mums) that I'm hoping will look better when they fill back out. They actually do look good when they fill out and bloom. And I'm hoping the whole thing will fill out pretty quickly and look great.

Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. I will keep you posted. After doing this with such little money, it has inspired me to do some more in other areas of the yard.

Here's the first "after" picture and I'll post another one next.