Propagation: 2014 Seed Starting, part 2, 4 by Pfg

Pfg wrote:
I do Nics and Cosmos indoors every year for earlier bloom. Volunteers are much later. Our season is a lot shorter than zone 8!

Most of my beds are long and narrow, with wider areas at the ends. On the uphill side to the left of the middle lawn, there are two levels, above and below a low stone wall, which makes it seem wider. On the right (lower) side, the wall is much higher at each end, and in the middle the wall becomes a sloped rock garden, heavily planted in crevasses and pockets of soil.

The bed on the other side of the next level down is quite narrow, except in a few spots like the PG hydrangea, the Blue Garden in the middle and the grasses at the end. That wall is about 5' high, lower at the far end, and there are shrubs planted below.

Pics 1-3 are from last spring, 4-5 last fall.