Specialty Gardening: You Show Me Your Gardens - Part III, 1 by jkom51

jkom51 wrote:
Here's another view of the same walnut tree bed in the photo just previous, but looking straight at the fence rather than at a slight angle. It better shows the variety of plants I put in this bed, trusting that the allelopathy wouldn't kill them.

The 'Tropicanna' cannas add the punch of color that is just wonderful. They die back in the winter, though; I always cut them back to the ground in late January. In the morning when the sun backlights them, the leaves almost blaze with color!