Nice bright color, Allison.
Countdown to spring! One garden photo per day - Part 3
Rosanne looks a lot like my Jolly Bee, I think they might as well be sisters. : )
If not twins!
Kevin
you guys just put about 10 more plants on my list...sigh...I'm looking for a groundcover for this area, the area around the tree, I'm tired of the yards of bark mulch. It's full sun.
Large area! I would consider 'scaling down' with some smaller shrubs - then fill in with groundcover plants.
I want to be able to see my stone wall, .....maybe a few small shrubs here & there, but I need to see those stones lol
I'm all ears if anybody has any suggestions. I like those groundcovers mentioned already. I think the area is 12 X 15 or so.
and thank you for being too polite to mention the upside down mums that blew off the steps lol
Lynn what kind of tree is that and does it cast a lot of shade? First I would consider some fall bulbs to grow up through what ever ground cover you choose. Grape hyacinths and crocus and maybe some of those small daffs. If you don't want anything too tall how about some heuchera 'Obsidean'. Nice dark foliage and a nice mounding shape. Then maybe a spreading sedum like 'Fulda Glow' and for contrast sedum 'Angelina'. Sedum 'Xenox', sempervivums, golden creeping jenny, ajuga, dwarf weigela 'Midnight Wine', and dwarf spirea could help fill in the space with lots of color and textures. Pick a few you like and go with the flow. I am sure you will get lots of other suggestions. Have fun searching and planning and remember nothing in a garden is permanent, if you don't like it, buy more plants. :)
ngam, that's funny, I have midnight wine and golden creeping jenny in the area above the wall! They're dormant in the picture. I was also planning on putting elfin spirea in there in the spring.
I posted the pic on beginner landscaping and got a suggestion for groundcovers with maybe daylillies scattered about, I don't have luck with bulbs at all. Then people got sidetracked thinking there was a man in my window....
I love heuchera, can they take full sun all day? From noon to dark, it's just hot relentless sun. The tree is a baby redbud.
I'm not a daylily fan anyway, but I think daylilies would hide that pretty wall, unless you space them really, really far apart.
Heuchera would not like those conditions.
How about a collection of something low growing, like sedums or semps, thymes, pinks? You're going to need something really short to not hide the wall. Maybe do a rock garden area.
Squaw Mountain has some beautiful semps, and I think a rock garden collection of them would be beautiful.
http://www.squawmountaingardens.com/tabs2.cfm?CID=4&tab=%27a
With maybe some other groundcovers in between?
It will be a long time before the redbud casts any shade.
I like sedums, pinks, and thyme. There is also thyme in the area above the wall, that area is a work in progress too. I need to group my midnight wine weigelas better and get some more color in there. The dwarf alberta spruce are just temporary till I find something I like better.
Also, I get a lot of kids over here so it has to take some light foot traffic.
I have pulled you guys off topic, gotta find a pic to redeem myself here.. I planted a dozen of these, the groundhogs loved 'em, this was the last one standing.
Tiger Lily
April 09
Thats a great one.
Good Morning
hellebore & bleeding heart
Lynnie, contrary to popular belief, both vinca minor and pachysandra can handle full sun, and they don't turn brown or disappear in winter. I have enormous pachysandra beds in my rose garden, and vinca elsewhere. Both flourish for me in full-day sun. Here is a picture of one of the beds, taken in spring. The pachy filled out well by summer's end. You might find this useful: http://www.agardenforthehouse.com/2009/06/pachysandra-exploding-shade-only-myth.html
Kevin
wow! look at those gardens! you guys oughtta kick me back out to the beginner threads lol All of you have the such beautiful gardens! I just struggle.
Thanks for the link, Kevin, I'm going to look over that thoroughly!
lynnie did you ever identify the tree? what you should plant there will depend o how big the tree will get and the shade it will cast off. and i might suggest increasing the rock wall level one higher if there are stones left over so it would not be hidden.
here is a kerria bush
kerria is cute!
Lovely photo, wha.
Lilies and astilbe...
nice combo pirl
nice colors
Lonely tulip. I started out with quite a few, and that's all that's left as of last year. Probably none this spring. Time to replant.
lonely tulip? what about the rock?
Got lots of rocks in that area. All with nice moss on them :) The grass that is to the side of the rock is very complimentary to the rock, when the grass gets taller. It's the species plain green hakonechloa.
I love rocks.
i see that now very nice - i have several species of hakonechloa grasses from last year, some from coops and some bought locally, will have to consider putting some near rock now - the ones planted in the garden are by jm's, the others bought locally are overwintering in their pots planted in the ground out back.
Do you have any of the green species ones? I love that one. I have All Gold, Aureola.( Naomi and Nicholas are new, and I wonder how they will overwinter), Albo Striata and Beni- Kaze. But the plain green one, Hakonechloa macra is hard to find, and it's my favorite.
let see i have all gold, aureola, and nicholas. beni-kaze was a co-op purchase (as were all gold and aureola) and all three died. do not have the green species. nicholas was a fall sale purchase and is in pots. this should be a good test for it - i have found that when buying locally they are bigger and i split it into 3 sections and re-potted it (note that all three were bigger than any coop buys). will try and remember to let you know if it made it in the spring.
I have great luck overwintering them in pots.
Too bad the ones you got from the co-ops died. They're not cheap.
it can happen, may have been where i planted them - the others are doing great - too bad the beni-kaze was the one i wanted the most - will get it locally here in the spring - taking no chances:)
ooo more luvlys. Lynn what about some low growing junipers to break up the space a bit. I wouldn't hide those luvly rocks either! Bleeding heart
Great combo, Pirl!
Going with a pond shot from May.
Duh.
The Duh is so prettiful in all seasons. I need a smallish Duh.
Was wondering WHERE you went with that shot--LOL! It's quite gorgeous!
^_^
it sure is!
Victor - your photo is proof that all your hard work has paid off beautifully. Your photo belongs on a magazine cover.
Thanks, Pirl! But my back and knee are proof it's killing me!