Pacific Northwest Gardening: New to gardening: need advice, 1 by Tulika

Tulika wrote:
Hi Everyone!

I'm new to DG and gardening..... DH and I just moved into our first house (Puyallup) and we have no experience with any kind of garden work. But I'm very willing to learn and can't wait to start planting/taking care of whatever we inherited from the previous owner.
Attached is a picture of the Heather plants (is that correct?) bordering the outside of the front lawn. As you can see, there are a ton of bald patches between the plants (not clearly visible in this picture, especially the sides), some plants seem to be dry or daying and there is a lot of space between the plants and the edge of the lawn. I have two specific questions:
1. Should I plant more of the same plants in the bald patches or try something else there? Any recommendations?
2. What kind of plants should I get for the area between the Heather and the lawn? Any recommendations?

Like I said, I'm new to all this so please forgive the ignorance and any advice or ideas that you may have, are appreciated!! Thanks!



This message was edited Jan 25, 2010 4:57 PM