It doesn't immediately strike me as one of the herbs I know but ademink has a good question, is it aromatic? And with new gardens, I would suggest pulling the clearly weeds - grass, pigweed, lamb's quarters, etc. or whatever are your common weeds there. Leave the stuff you don't know until 1.) you know what it is and don't like it or 2.) you got something different to plant there. FataMorgana

Seniorita Rosalita is a Proven Winner cultivar. I think you have to buy the plants each year. But one plant becomes a nice clump. Salvia farinacea Victoria beside it. The other dwarf cleome are also Proven Winners. They were also striking, though not as dense a clump (slightly larger flowers). As I noted, someone thought it would be a good idea to pick them. While the taller cleome can be nice, they take much more room and, in my experience, soon become seedy. Seniorita has been blooming three months and is more beautiful than ever at about 26 inches.

This may be a dumb question but are matelasse covers heavy? I was looking at some of those too but I never even heard that name before I came to the forum. I really don't know what I'm doing as far as trying to layer a bed. You can see the bedroom going in and out of the main bathroom so I'd like to get this room looking decent. My goal is to have all the rooms in order so the doors can stay open. lol Tina - Thanks for the suggestion. Deep down I knew the vellux wasn't probably very desirable all by itself. You're right about the solid cover and patterned folded down. I do like how people combine different fabrics but I don't really know what else would look right with it. Also don't know if that would really be for me, iykwim. I did a search for the pick stitch and I like how it looks. I'm thinking either the white or sandalwood would be best. I'm leaning towards white but would that end up being too stark? You're saying you'd also get the pick stitck shams? Do you sleep on those type of pillow cases? They're just for pretty right? I really need to get this room painted first. Going to get some samples and make this on my near future to do list. Here is a link that might be useful: pick stitch

i've shown you many, many pictures. of course white would work. you haven't said which of those styles in the pictures you like. or what else you'd like to do in the room. do you view all of the pictures in both of my comments? any of those you like best? I like these if you want to keep the white brick. the shelving on the sides are paramount to the overall look I would do a diff mantle, something slighting darker than what you currently have. Can you do something like this built ins? I gave you a bunch of examples and a tutorial you can try. get a black firebox insert (or paint yours) This is a white mantle, but the reclaimed wood one would also work. (look at how this picture is style w/color and textures. this is how you get away w/doing a plain white wall,,,,,color through other items in the room) if you can't do built ins, then get some simple white shelves (or paint some raw wood ones) and install them like this: You could do the black hearth if you want to go w/black contrast (see further down) (get a solid piece cut to fit, or, take a look at large Basalt tiles and cut those to place on the hearth. you should only need 2 or 3 of them (18" or 24" size tile) I also like this black. what do you think about all white walls, your rug, a darker brick color, and these other elements? what if you did the white, darker wood mantle, and a black accent wall (and do the others in white) (diff stone, ) But what do you think of this look? I think you have a similar bench. just get two sofas that face each other, some art for the mantle, two match chests or cabinets for the black wall (you could even do the angled black shiplap if you like) some lights, accessories. or, try painting the brick black (or charcoal, navy, gray,) , white walls (do a better wood mantle that goes all the way across) do black brick on the bottom part, and a white MDF top portion that covers the brick (like the other pics I posted earlier) Then you could decorate like either of these Or, if you rather would have the white brick, here's plenty of design options. just pick one of these photos you like and copy everything! very white, boho type of look. Exact same fireplace. get this type of wood mantle (doesn't have to be quite this thick, but just make it look like this) Style like any of these pictures that I've posted. White brick? try these items in the room Furniture options. How about a nice deep navy or forest green accent wall w/the white brick? Here's a nice blue like BM Gentlemans Gray or Newburge Green Pair it w/a leather sofa. (Try Article Sven Sofa) looks great w/the white brick and thicker mantle! another blue wall shot Here's your room size w/the forest green (imagine your white brick all the way up) This is modernized. Love this