Pacific Northwest Gardening: Help does anyone know of an evergreen ground cover that...., 1 by cocoajuno

cocoajuno wrote:
Hello all,

The trip to the nursery with my friend went really well. He spent $1500 for trees and shrubs, very nice ones. I am sure glad I don't have to plant the trees, he bought a very big birch and will have to dig to China (lol) to plant it. I actually went to a nursery and walked out empty handed, only because the perennials they had I already have and it was a tree and shrub place.
Yesterday, I planted about 10 plants and spread all the bark I had stock piled. I needed to get the bark out of the way to plant more plants..lol
So far I have not found "hot lips" here...so I bought two on ebay. I am headed to the nursery Balvenie mentioned in his earlier message and if they have one I am still going to buy it...lol I did find a red "greggi" and planted it near a red daylily, yellow daylily, and a blanket flower, I can't wait to see the bloom. I also ordered black and blue and a sapphire blue salvia. I don't have any trouble finding the purple or pinkish salvia, I got the last red available.
I took the camera out yesterday to take pictures and got so busy I forgot to take pictures. So far this morning is is drizzling so the plants should get a nice watering....again.
Okay, I have this idea, I need some input. I have alot of very tall 4'+ plus dahlia's. I have had tomato baskets in since I planted them, I am ready to change the support! So my idea is to put in a modified split rail fence. I will use 3 blocks set on there side and insert a 4X4 inside the blocks for the posts at about 4 to 5' intervals, I will then attach two rails, one at 2' and one at 4'. The reason I would use blocks instead of cementing them in is so they are portable enough to move if I don't want them anymore.... Well any opinions? Or a better way to support the dahlias without caging them in. I also hate the stakes because I kind of like my eyes, and it never fails I bend over somewhere near a stake and poke myself and I am so afraid I am going to "poke my eye out"...lol

Susybell, while I was at my friends, I discovered he had alot of head size rocks and told him I was coming to get some and he said go for it, I am trying to get them out of here. So Saturday I am taking DH's truck and get some rocks, they grow so nice here in the PNW...lol
I love rocks around my greenhouse instead of bark. I use peagravel for the floor inside and around the outside, so it just looks better with some head size rocks in different areas. Show us your rocks...I know moving those is alot of hard work. I have a few big ones and some smaller ones in my beds and they are permanent no matter what...I will not move them again...lol

Wow, Balvenie that is a great picture not just the water feature but all of the gorgeous flowers and plantings. You need to take the time and post a picture when it is complete. Love the foxglove in the background. Thanks, my garden is a work in progress and am open for any suggestions.

Redtootsiepop, I received your email, just let me know what postage will be if it roots. I even asked at the nursery we went to, they only knew of annual verbena and did not carry many perennials and no annuals...mainly a tree and shrub farm.

Thank you all for your support, help, opinions, and compliments. I can use all the ideas you can come up with I am always looking to improve my gardening and appeal.

I just love this flower, blanket flower (Gaillardia) and it puts out so many new ones to keep or easy to get rid of!

Happy gardening, Carla