Re: "Magazine" flowerbed
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: "Magazine" flowerbed
- From: D* F* <d*@cornell.edu>
- Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 12:57:39 -0400
I would suggest you fill in with annuals for a year or two, and of course,
realize that a flower bed never looks as good as a magazines!
At 10:56 PM 6/17/98 -0700, you wrote:
>I am very new to gardening (my first year!) I have drooled over
>magazines since the winter, planning out my front bed. When spring
>finally came, I went out and bought the 'right' perennials for my zone
>(3) and waited with eager anticipation for it to look like the magazine
>flowerbeds. I have babied my perennials, but theystill look sparse and
>bland, (very few flowers and small plants) not at all what I was hoping
>for. Is the magazine garden attainable? I realize perennials take a
>few years to look their best, but is there something I can do in the
>meantime? How do you get a flowerbed to look full and lush? I try so
>hard (including moving things around,) yet it doesn't seem to help.
>Does anyone have anything to suggest?
>
>Yvette Howard
>
>
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