![]() ![]() Oh also oregano stays green and greet to throw in if you don't want decorative grasses.This printable spring to-do list will give you direction when cleaning up your garden beds and preparing for spring.Ī flutter of excitement stirs in every gardener’s heart when early spring emerges. I'm still rotating and trying new stuff to spice up my cottage garden :) these are the usual but seem to work well with the weather. Summer squash is nice for big showy yellow flowers early and stay green until end of season. Snap peas flower and potatoes which can be a pleasant change. Buckwheat is great for amending soil and flowers, bees like it but dig it in before it goes to seed then plant another crop of it and repeat. Lots of reseeding crocuses pop up in spring but not a lot of color over the winter that can handle a lot of pooling rain (bane of my existence). The long part of the L looks run down in the winter and I may put some rosemary in that area as well. I am putting in woolly thyme for border accents and we'll see how this goes. Because they self seed they need to be divided periodically but they add to the beds. Blac eyed Susan come around august, purple coneflower around late June and daisies early in spring. I couldn't find foxglove or lupine this time of year so am planting speedwell. I have replaced my over neglected rosemary and put in refreshed lavender and added two rose bushes. I have a bee bush I put in this year that takes partial sun/full sun. Roses love the heat and the variety is amazing. The long part of the L gets partial sun, and foxglove, lupine are striking and return year after year. ![]() That's my usual for the perennial hot and cold. A eucalyptus kept under control is a nice addition. Crepe myrtle works well in cold/rain/heat. I neglect it often but it thrives in hot/dry, tolerates rainy/cold and puts out beautiful purple flowers in fall and remains green year around. Rosemary is fast growing and hard to kill. Me too! I have an L shaped front yard part of which gets sun all day. Five plants.įor a garden that blooms from spring to fall, see our three-season flower garden design. ‘Karl Foerster’ feather reed grass (perennial): Clumps of grassy foliage, 2 to 3 feet tall at maturity, feature 5- to 6-foot-tall stalks topped with plumes that are pinkish-gray in summer and tan in winter.It is 12 to 18 inches tall in bloom and grows in Zones 4 to 9. ‘Zagreb’ coreopsis (perennial): Moderately spreading clumps of slender green leaves bear an abundance of bright-yellow, daisy-like flowers through summer.It is about 18 inches tall in bloom and grows in Zones 4 to 7. Lady’s mantle (perennial): One-foot-tall mounds of elegantly pleated, velvety, scalloped-edge leaves boast frothy clusters of green-yellow flowers in early to midsummer.It is 12 to 18 inches in bloom and grows in Zones 5 to 9. ‘Little Bunny’ fountain grass (perennial): Dense clumps of spiky foliage feature brushy, silver seed heads from late summer into winter. ![]() It is 18 to 24 inches tall and grows in Zones 3 to 9. Obedient plant can be a rampant spreader, but this cultivar is fairly well behaved.
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