Northeast Gardening: Plant collector or garden designer? , 1 by amethystsm

amethystsm wrote:
um... i possibly have less space (and less budget) than most people who post here.
my theory is to try to make areas near the woods look "accidental" and natural. i used to want that for my main along the wall area too, but then the landlords plopped 6 Happy Returns daylillies, and some of the most boring mums available along part of it. Now i am just trying to make those areas a little more interesting (thanks Celeste and Thom for non-yellow daylillies), and putting things i like in "my" half wall. i kinda do colors in sections. But i am still making it up as i go along, and my prime criteria are: i like it (i won't plant anything i hate), low price (and thanks to ALL the people here who gave me stuff in October), no strong smell, and survival instinct.

Here is the middle 3rd of "The Wall" on 10/05/07 (note the lovely dumpsters and rusted laundry poles at the far end - sigh):