Re: pleasing perennial combinations?

Hi, Beth -- if your new garden is sizeable, I recommend including a few
shrubs & small evergreens along with your perennials (and annuals and
herbs).  Such woody structures give you nice pockets within which to
build stunning plant combos, as well as providing wind shelter and
something to look at during the winter months.  Grasses are great, too. 
If the bed is *really* large, perhaps even a beautiful small flowering
tree at one end would provide a stunning focal point.  You can build a
soothing part-shade garden under it, with early bulbs, hostas, ferns,
daylilies, solomon's seal, and dozens of others.

If I had a lot of room and moisture, I'd plant a dozen cultivars of
siberian iris (maybe two dozen) along with shasta daisies for the early
summer show. The archives from this e-mail group has a discussion of
pleasing combos from a month or two ago.

Almost anything can be started from seed, depending on how long you're
willing to wait!  Or you can fill in with seeded annuals and add choice
perennials as time goes on.  There's a list somewhere I've seen recently
of 25 plants that bloom first-year from seed ...?

Anne LD - zone 5b

Beth Hough wrote:
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> I'm starting a new, very large perennial garden this spring  - zone 5,
> central Michigan. .........
> Beth - zone 5
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