Pacific Northwest Gardening: New in WA, need help,please, 1 by rachierabbit

rachierabbit wrote:
Welcome to Washington and the Pacific Northwest Jo! Delphiniums are beautiful, sadly they are very floppy and need good sturdy staking. You would need to place them in a protected area (like against the house) to protect them from the wind.

For your perimeter you might want to have a look at Ceanothus (Victoria is my favorite) http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/adv_search.php?searcher[com... The bees and hummingbirds love the flowers as well!

and plant some Lonicera (Lemon Beauty is my personal favorite) in front of it for contrast http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/adv_search.php?searcher[com... You can usually find different cultivars of Ceanothus and Lonicera at any good sized nursery.

The nice thing about both of these shrubs is that they can be kept to a reasonable size with a nice yearly pruning.

Katye has an amazing display of ceanothus along a split rail fence if I remember correctly. I will try and find the thread that has the picture and post it on this thread for you. I'm sure that you will get lot's of feedback from the PNW gang as soon as they check the "new threads."