Re: bed renovation (again)
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: bed renovation (again)
- From: N* L*
- Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 22:55:07 CDT
Pat Mitchell suggested:
>My choice is to plant the taller plants in the middle and then the
>shorter plants on both the front and back sides. I presume, when you
>said the garden lines a sidewalk, that you can see the bed from both
the
>sidewalk and some other view (maybe the street?)
Thanks Pat, I'll keep that in mind. You're right, the bed will be
visible from both the front porch and the street, so keeping the taller
plants in the middle makes sense. I'm always really intimidated by
planting a new bed, and somehow it never turns out exactly like I hope
it will. In this instance, since the bed is so long and narrow, I'm
afraid it's going to be hard to avoid looking like everything is planted
in rows. I'm hoping if I include a few plants with some "bulk" to them
(maybe some sort of shrubs) that will break up the bed a little bit.
And for those of you worried about discouraging my husband from
participating in the gardening, let me reassure you. Besides "his"
vegetable garden in the back yard, there is a small bed he calls his,
planted with pink roses, a purple plum and pink lilies. And I put in a
new border this spring along the fence, planted all in purple, pink and
yellow, either of which his purple tulips would look great in. Oh well,
if I lose this battle, I can just remind myself that we can't grow
tulips here, anyway, so they'll probably only bloom once!
Nancy Lowe
Arkansas, zone 7 (where we just lived through the hottest summer in 30
years, it was 80 degrees a couple of days ago, our average first frost
is sometime in November...and the forcast is for 20 degrees this
weekend!!!)
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