A New Raised Bed
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: A New Raised Bed
- From: G*
- Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 07:59:45 -0500
Hello to all,
I have been working the past two weeks on a new raised bed, with a second one
being started now. we had about a ton or so of creek stone left over from
landscaping around the house and wonderful weather.. so what is a gardener to do?
The bed is shaped somewhat like a half of a pie, or large capital "C". The
outside of the C forms the inside of a path with steps going up the hill from
mid-level to top level in my hillside garden. That means the bed is a bout 30
feet from bottom to top, and about 12 to 15 feet deep, and on an incline.
I began at the top of the new bed and worked my way down planting. Began with
3 hellebore x hybridus that are double blooming blue/black in a large triangle.
Inside the front of the triangle I planted 3 Epimedium pinnatum ssp. colchicum and
then from the back, out and around the hellebores I used 4 primula veris. This is
backed along a rock ledge with 3 Crested ladyferns. next in line is Polygonatum
"Silver Wings" and they ae underplanted with 6 Anemone nemorosa "Kate Dryden". Now
we are about midway and I planted a Viburnum "Chicago Luster". Behind the Viburnum
is another Polygonatum, this one the species curvistylum. Then 2 Dicentra exima,
with 3 "Astrantia Sunningdale Variegated" following. I have Tricyrtis flava under
the Viburnum on the down-side of the arrangement and then a yellow cascading grass
(can't remember the name now) that goes over the rock ledge. Going along the
bottom edge and following the rocks are Trillium stamenium and Iris gracilipies
alba alternating and going back up the inside of the bed.
Now to arrange the second bed with plants.....
Is life great, or what?
Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
