There's an icy wind out there, 33mph with gusts to 40 something: not a gardener-friendly day, so I'm inside my 8'x18' living area doing some thinking and planning. There are six newly-created gardens with nothing planted yet: what to put there, I wonder?
After searching the online nursery catalogs for inspiration, and looking for the new and unusual, it's time to review what we already have in the gardens:
After searching the online nursery catalogs for inspiration, and looking for the new and unusual, it's time to review what we already have in the gardens:
BULBS:
- crocuses
- daffodils
- hyacinths
- day lilies
- tulips
- irises
- Gladiolas
- Dahlias
PERENNIALS:
- Blackeyed Susans (Maryland state flower)
- Coneflowers, several varieties
- Garden Phlox
- Four O'Clocks
- Daisies
- Blanket Flowers
- Coreopsis
- Coral Bells
- Potentilla
- Digitalis/Foxglove
- Hardy Geraniums
- Red Hot Pokers
- Sedum and other succulent varieties
- Peonies
- Bleeding Heart
- Ferns / varieties
- Lenten Rose
- Cannas
- Wisteria
- Asiatic Lilies
- Hardy Hibiscus
- Snow-on-the-Mountain
- Columbine
- Lamium (Nettle)
- Goldenrod (NOT the sneeze-inducing Ragweed)
- Russian Sage
- Lavender, varieties
- Hyssop, varieties
- Hollyhocks
- Roses
- New England Asters
- Clematis
- Trumpet Vine
- Chocolate Joe Pye Weed
- Astilbe
- Hostas
- Hibiscus
- Sea Oats
- Ornamental Grasses
SHRUBS & TREES
- Cleveland Pear Trees
- Magnolia and Tulip Trees
- Rose of Sharon
- Butterfly Bushes (everywhere!)
- Wiegelia
- Tree Peony
- Hydrangea Trees
- Crape Myrtles
- Smoke Tree
- Japanese Dogwood Tree
- Japanese Cherry Tree
- Dwarf Red Maple Trees
- Various Evergreen Shrubs
Since the new gardens around the gazebo are set up differently than the existing rambling gardens, perhaps a tad more 'formal', I'm thinking the selection of plants and layout should be a tad different as well. What fun this will be!
holy, holy, holy cow - that's a lot that you've "already got"
ReplyDeleteno wonder you act as though life is so bountiful!