Beginner Gardening: DESIGNER'S CHALLENGE!, 1 by aebloom

aebloom wrote:
OK, here’s my challenge. I am making a new bed in front of my house. In photo, house begins out of picture, bottom of page. I live in zone 7, and it’s a WSW exposure. Sun most of the day. Hard Maryland clay soil.

This bed is approximately 35x35. We’ll be improving the soil this weekend, then planting. There is a low row of helleri holly against the house, then the empty bed begins. It slopes very slightly down to the street (street is at top of page).

Here’s a list of the plants I have. Any suggestions as to how to arrange them would be appreciated!

1 Mature birds nest evergreen 3x3x3
1 Mature helleri holly 3x3x2-½
6 Miscanthus
60 Bearded Iris
3 Peony
5 Hyssop, gallon size
8 Balloonflower, gallon size
9 Abelia, gallon size
5 Lavender, gallon size
Lots of Ajuga
36 Lamb’s ear
7 Helianthemum rock rose, gallon size
7 Clara Curtis daisies, gallon size
Underplant with daffodils, muscari, allium, shorter iris, crocus
3 Pink Yarrow - gallon size

Only 48 hours, so the pressure’s on, haha!

Any help would really be appreciated!


This message was edited Sep 1, 2010 3:53 PM