New bed from last year
This is where I removed a twenty foot evergreen nearly all by myself. Totally worth it!
There's a space in the bottom tier where I planned to add a small ornamental cherry tree. I've decided that would probably be too large, so I might add a Rose of Sharon this fall. The bottom tier, from either side:
The top is mostly a hodge podge of plants I got on sale or pulled from elsewhere in the garden. The light green stuff in the corners will have to be relocated as it's a messy grower. The top tier:
-Shawna
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Eleven
7 years agoHere are the main hostas on the bottom tier.
Niagara Falls, last minute buy in the fall:
Elvis Lives, totally recovered from a few years as bunny food:
Squash Casserole, trade from a couple years ago:
Moonlight Sonata, new last summer:
Prairie Moon, better here than in the back but still gets dirty:
Appletini, purchased 2015:
Judy Rocco, also new last summer:
Alex Summers, relocated here and MUCH happier now:
Fingerprint, purchased 2012, looks better every year:
Pineapple Punch, also purchased 2012:
Eleven
7 years agoAnd can't forget Harry van de Laar looking so handsome this year! Now I remember why I bought him in 2014.
Shot from directly above:
Closeup of red creeping from petiole to leaf:
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Comments (6)Take it from anArtist--the complimentary color of yellow is mauve and the color next to yellow on the color wheel is orange who's complimentary color is blue. Since many blues are mauve based those 3 colors work well together. In fact I have a bed that contains those colors plus variations of those colors and it looks good. I tend to go for long blooming or reblooming perennials Goblin Gillardia has large orange red daisy like flowers tipped in yellow. It grows 12 to 18 inches tall. I have stella de oro day lilies and a peach one called mini pearl t6hat are both reblooming I have correopsis moonbeam which has small lemon yellow daisy like blooms and feathery foliage. I have tulips for spring planted in clumps in the bed and I surround them with annual purple petunias The petunias spread out and cover the space where the bulbs are that would otherwise be bare after the foliage goes. I have long leaf veronica with it's spikes of purple flowers I have annual forget-me-nots that reseed themselves. Along the edge I have a variety of blue and white carpathian bellflowers called clips It is interspaced with a low growing purple aster. The clips bloom first followed by the asters which bloom into fall. As you can see it is a rather big bed and you may not be able to use all of these but I hope you can find some you can use...See MoreNew Pictures of The Backyard Daylily Garden Planted Last Year
Comments (10)If you are planning perrenials in between, you more or less have to leave the room as the daylilies will crowd out the other flowers. This only works in all daylily sections in my opinion. I didn't crowd them like this in my mixed beds but instead spaced them far apart and put in annuals in between. But you could do them in clusters and later when they fill in too much you could move the middle one. This is just my idea and the close spacing goes against conventional wisdom. I have been gardening for a very long time and beaking the rules most of that time. You should see my rose gardens. Planted really, really close and some I have had that way for 4 years already. Needs more plunning but works for me. My yard is also not big and I refuse to waste space....See Moregood news on shrubs from last year
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Comments (11)Here's an update on where I left this left bed as of Wednesday. Over the last couple weeks, I moved a few existing hostas and added a few more for green or chartreuse color. Decided not to worry about overcrowding, what with the tree root competition. Still need to trim the azalea encroaching on the left to bring in a little more light. New hostas are Lakeside Shore Master (top left corner), Lakeside Down Sized (front to right of Touch of Class), Heat Wave (front to right of that), my mutant Giantland Mouse Cheese (right side past Halcyon), and Little Treasure (front right corner)....See MoreEleven
7 years agoNoteworthy hostas from the top tier.
Enterprise, new last summer:
Wheaton Blue, late fall impulse buy:
Thunderbolt, new last spring:
Fantabulous, trade from a couple years ago:
Captain's Adventure, my ugly duckling from 2011 and STILL not a swan:
SusanB (Iowa Zone 5a)
7 years agoGreat garden ... That oak tree surrounded by Hostas in back ground looks like 3 I have in my front yard. I'm seriously thinking of replanting with with more attractive Hostas this season. 8 monster oaks give 'full' shade to my beds near front porch ... Between that and resin dropped Hostas grow slow.
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7 years agoDave, I'll probably post another bed tonight and more when I take new pics. I usually take lots of pictures, but this year I've spent my limited time working in the garden or sitting to enjoy it.
Beverly, my Judy Rocco was an impulse buy when I visited a nursery while on vacation in Ohio. So far it seems similar to Rocket's Red Glare, though I like that one more.
Jo, I purposely left out a couple hostas not doing well! Poor little Java and Little Miss Sunshine are being remove tomorrow for some needed TLC.
Eleven
7 years agoDebra, I stay away from most minis now. They don't do well here between my past lack of watering, extensive tree roots, and hordes of terrorist squirrels. I received Golden Threads in a trade last summer, and the squirrels killed it in a couple weeks.
I think the smallest one I have now is Mighty Mouse, purchased from a club auction:
Yellow Boa has also managed to hang on (this pic is a month old, nothing recent):
Oh yeah, Radiant Star is smaller this year. Combination or poor location and being planted a little deep after the squirrels dug it up, it's also being moved tomorrow:
Eleven
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoFrankie, I think you mean Captain's Adventure? I posted an individual pic of it in my third reply above.
There's also Rubies and Ruffles, a new purchase last fall:
And my first Liberty, relocated here after being strangled by tree roots elsewhere:
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