Re: Theme Gardens, Tigger the tiger, suggestions please

Hi Matt,  I know just how you feel; I just lost my golden retriever, the
sweetest dog, with the sunniest disposition I ever had!  He was also big for
a golden, over 100 lbs., and is buried by the driveway.  I miss him.  It
does help to plan what I'll do with his gravesite if spring ever really
comes!  I'm planning on predominantly yellow and gold, because that was his
color, as well as his disposition, with a little something else as an
accent.  Blue? Purple?  I'm looking for a shrub that has gold colored
foliage year round. I can think of plenty of yellow and gold flowers.  Any
ideas would be welcome.
Linda, Idaho, Zone 4/5

At 12:07 PM 3/2/98 -0500, you wrote:
>I'm sorry about the loss of your pet, Matt.  Your "Tigger Garden" sounds like
>a wonderful memorial.  
>
>How about some striped garden phlox?  I can't think of the variety names at
>the moment, but there are several, mostly coloured fuchsia and white or red
>and white I think.
>
>For an annual accent, try some variegated spider plant or ornamental grasses.
>
>And don't forget the Tiger lilies!
>
>-Sheila
>Ottawa, Canada
>Zone 4/5
>-------------------------------------------------
>Date: Sun, 01 Mar 1998 00:23:49 -0500
>From: Matt Trahan <matttrahan@ecsu.campus.mci.net>
>Subject: Theme Gardens, Tigger the tiger, suggestions please
>
>We recently lost our brindel Great Dane named Tigger. I'm planting a small
>garden to remember him by.
> So far I have striped crocus (blooming now) and a Batik iris (in addition
>to the striped bloom, I got it from our vet! I was in to get Tigger some
>regular pills, and the girls were talking about their iris order with
>Schrieners. I asked them if I could give them the money for a Batik and
>have them order it for me. Now thats a great group of people! <VBG>)
> I was going to get some Tiger lilies (inspite of the virus problems to
>other lilies) and put a small variagated dwarf boxleaf euonymous at each
>corner. I was thinking of reordering a Purple Tiger floribunda rose from
>J&P, lost one 2 winters ago when it was really cold.
> Any one have any striped bloom suggetions? Or something with the name
>Tigger or tiger in it?
>
>Thanks
>
>Matt Trahan  <matttrahan@ecsu.campus.mci.net>
>USDA zone 8, Sunset zone 31, AHS heat zone 7, northeastern N.C.
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