Specialty Gardening: Need alist of cottage garden plants, 0 by pennefeather

pennefeather wrote:
Crystal,

That picture has purple liatris and coneflowers in front and a salvia in the back. This picture is the same border, but it gives you a better idea of the size of the salvia. I moved it last fall, and it didn't make it through the winter. Of course, every year is a new adventure as I try to increase what I like and decrease those items that didn't work.

This year, I made some pretty big changes because I found that I had too may plants last year. I removed a lot of coneflowers, but still have plenty. I also ripped out half of the bee balm because it had spread so much, but I must still have at least 50 plants, and even more coneflowers. I have tried to remove more of the seedlings because the garden quickly get crowded.

Most of my flowers are in my front borders and beds because I get full sunlight. My backyard gets the shortshift. I am trying to add more flowers in the back this year.

Send me a d-mail if you are ever interested.