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PJGMIG Parrish, FL Aug 16, 2012

Hi..new to the GULF side of Florida climate... We are in Parrish, just north of Bradenton. We have a planter in the front which faces south... Want to plant flowers for color... This is what it looks like...minus the bush which I removed 8-16..

I believe we are in ZONE 10 ????

We are considering Clematis on a trellis...

Please advise on your thoughts and suggestions


Thanks...

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themoonhowl Prairieville, LA(Zone 9a) Aug 18, 2012

Are you looking for something to shade the windows a bit, offer some screening from the street, or just add color? Also, are you looking for perennials, annuals or a mix?

Sorry for all the questions, but they do help....grin

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LandscapeGardener Spring Hill, FL(Zone 9a) Aug 19, 2012

Besides the above questons, what type of irrigation set-up is in place or planned?

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PJGMIG Parrish, FL Aug 20, 2012

Quote from themoonhowl :
Are you looking for something to shade the windows a bit, offer some screening from the street, or just add color? Also, are you looking for perennials, annuals or a mix?

Sorry for all the questions, but they do help....grin


Great questions.. :)

HI... Add some color. low maint, low growing no higher than 2 ft.. we will put something the vine can cling to, something to attract the eye to the flowers and away from the windows.

Watering system is in place... we have sprinklers set up in the planter, they will be turned on manually..

Thanks

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themoonhowl Prairieville, LA(Zone 9a) Aug 20, 2012

The first link is just to give you some ideas for your trellis. Hope these help.

https://www.georgiavines.com/cart/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1

The rest are for perennials, under 2ft for the most part that are full sun, and drought tolerant, easy to care for. I figure you can tuck a few annuals in the bed to provide color in the off times. The list of sun annuals is quite long...just google sun annuals for zone 9 and tons of stuff will come up.

http://www.gardenguides.com/119735-perennial-low-growing-flowers.html

http://www.greatgardenplants.com/index.php?pageId=1068

http://bloomiq.com/content/sun

http://www.greenscapes.org/Plants

http://landscaping.about.com/od/plantsforsunnydryareas/a/full_sun_plants.htm



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LandscapeGardener Spring Hill, FL(Zone 9a) Aug 23, 2012

I'll add www.Floridata.com to that list.

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