Beginner Gardening: astilbe/lilac/oriental poppy, 0 by jcoakley

jcoakley wrote:
I forgot about this thread too. :) Haven't actually logged on DG in a while! No, I didn't get a tree in, but I did put in an oakleaf hydrangea. I can't believe what that little spot used to look like! Here's what it looks like now. I've tried several different things since I asked all those questions 3 years ago. I moved the astilbe, but they didn't survive. I got more and planted them in another spot altogether. I also moved the bergenia around to the north side of the house . . . they're doing fine. I got that snow-on-the-mountain ground cover from my MIL and it's threatening to take over this year, I think because DH finally removed that sorry-looking yew you can see in the picture above. I mean, I wanted it gone, but I do think the shade from it was keeping the snow-on-the-mountain in check. So I've got geranium (Brookside), potenilla, pulsatilla, foxglove, black-eyed susan, heuchera, a little iris that I can't remember the name of (and is going to bloom shortly, I think), some aster, and the oakleaf hydrangea in the back. There's also a little campanula down in there that I rescued from frost-heave . . . it's tiny this spring but alive. The bed extends all the way toward the south across the front of the house . . . I'll post pictures of that another time (maybe when there's more color).