Front steps redo.

Last year I had new front walk and steps done in pavers. That hardscape needed doing for a long time but it's impossible to get to everything and this was an expensive project. So I had them put this tiny small narrow planter sections off to the right. It ties in the steps with the terraced garden to the right.

It was too late to do anything last year, I just muched it and left it. You can see that front section that was already done and planted last year. That would be way off to the right were there is a daylily, purple sedum and a Hummingbird mint.

Here is the overview.

And a closer look. I planted Agastache (hummingbird mint) in the little terraces today. Three of them have two plants, the biggest near the top four plants. At the top of everything it runs into one of my rose beds.

Then to zero in on the section along in front of the terrace wall on the right of the first picture. Here I planted six new sedum (Lynda Windsor) with some violas between.

Very nice. I bet it will look great once the plants mature.

Rita,

You may be able to get away with one agastache instead of two for each section. I know that it hard to get a real feel through the photos of how large he area is, but it looks like they are planted awfully close together since most of them spread quite a bit.

The other thing that I wantd to bring to your opinion is just a matter of preference. I used to alternate some of my plantings like you have your sedum and violas, until I read in one of my landscape books that it makes more of an impact when you group like plants together. Your grouped plants look larger and more important than when they are alternated.

This same theory holds true when you are decorated inside your home. By grouping your collections together, they have more impact that when you have one on table "A", another on bookcase "B", and still another on the mantle place.

On the other hand, rules are meant to be broken.

I am not much for rules. Yes, I do believe they are ment to be broken. If you saw my roses you would know what I mean. Clustered together to make a big impact.

The Agastaches are close togther. I have some in front there also more down from the picture. Used two planted exactly next to each other (roots touching) and I like it the way. I have other Agastache so I am aware of how big they can get. I like the very full jumbled look.

The Sedums were planned for that front arrea and the violas were an impulse addition as the sedum just planted and very small.