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Jean
| | Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 04:15 pm EST : |   
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I'm looking for suggestions for bringing this bed "together". This was a weedy area with almost no water and in bright sun for more than half the day. It sits under my neighbor's Douglas Fir. The rhododendron and junipers were already here when we moved in. I think the rhody survives because the gutter downspout ends just above it, but it often looks a little stressed.
Right after we moved in, this happened:
This was the first area I planted, and I bought plants without a plan. The result, to me, lacks coherence. It is a small area, but at the very front of our driveway. I think I want to remove the euphorbias-at least some of them. They're stretching out sideways trying to get enough sun. Further, Dylan hates the blue foliage of the lavender and snow-in-summer on the upper, narrow tier. I wouldn't mind something taller back there, but what? I also think I made a mistake adding the granite boulder, but Dylan informs me that it is there to stay. Here's an image of how it looks now:
And the rhododendron in bloom, this morning, with my neighbor's japanese maple:
Any ideas? Thanks in advance!
Jean
- WA,
Zone "usda 8b/sunset 5"
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Missgarden
My Garden
| | Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 09:09 pm EST : |
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I could suggest adding an evergreen shrub by the boulder. For example a Dwarf Alberta Spruce. Maybe some hosta and daylilies in between to highlight the contrast between the different foliage.
Here's a shot of my Spruce.
Missgarden
- Ontario,
Zone "5b"
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Gagam
| | Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 10:26 pm EST : |
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I think it's charming just as it is, Jean.
Gagam
- Ontario,
Zone "5a"
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Thegrova
My Garden
| | Posted on Friday, October 20, 2006 - 08:07 pm EST : |
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I have to agree with Gagam. It looks good to me. You could a mini weeping maple and an azalea or two - but otherwise I would not do to much with it.
Thegrova
- New Zealand,
Zone "?"
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Greth
| | Posted on Monday, October 23, 2006 - 05:07 am EST : |
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I'd be really happy with it myself, Jean, but you could make it more coherent by making a border - maybe a line of little rocks to echo the boulder, or a single plant species along the edge (a bit difficult,it won't grow the same under the rhody as elsewhere) I'd be growing something up along that fence as a backdrop too, but that is just me, I can't see anything vertical in the garden without having the urge to grow something up it.
You really have made that whole bed look so much better than when you moved in, well done!
Greth
- South Australia,
Zone "?"
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Verdant0green
| | Posted on Monday, October 23, 2006 - 05:11 pm EST : |
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Its amazing what a simple rock border can do...I figured I might as well use the zillions of rocks I'm always digging up out of my yard and made several little borders...really cleans the look up and makes it much more cohesive.
Verdant0green
- Northern California,
Zone "9"
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Charlenenj
My Weather
My Garden
| | Posted on Thursday, October 26, 2006 - 11:39 am EST : |
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I think it looks nice now. If it were my area, I'd only trim back the Rhod to give it shape and keep it more contained within the border and...I'd also remove a few of the plants in the middle (perhaps the ones with the wine colored foliage and greyish) and put into that area something with large foliage leaves and a soft flow to it -- maybe an oak leaf hydrangea or (if there is some shade) Kirengoshima Palmata.
Charlenenj
- New Jersey,
Zone "6b"
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