17-06-2003, 10:20 PM
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advice needed for choosing flowers for full sun garden
In article ,
(Goose) wrote:
hi,
we are a little late in clearing our front yard that we should have
done in spring. now the front yard is all brown.
we have never garden before and are not sure what to grow. we have two
rhododendrons that were there when we moved into the house.
it is a small yard. about 25 feet by 18 feet. it is a SE exposure.
we are thinking of getting a few nursery ready perennials and grow
some bulbs or seeds later in the fall.
can anyone suggest some low growing flowers for the border that will
flowers from june onwards?
thanks!
-goosy
You don't mention your zone. Around here (zone 8) some of the
ever-blooming performers for full sun include Gaura, rose campion (aka
pink mullein), Penstemons, Campanulas, bush & spike salvias, Russian sage,
hyssops, bush mallow, thornless sunroses, ornamental strawberry,
potentillas.... most of which are also drought tolerant. Wanting a bit
of moisture are long-blooming wood asters, hybrid geums, globeflowers,
alpine poppies, chocolate cosmos, monkshoods, Chinese fringe flower,
pulsitilla, prairie mallow, beebalms....
To get started, get a Sunset Guide to take with you to your local
nurseries. At the nurseries you can see precisely what's available, & the
Sunset Guide will give honest assessments so you'll know which will do
well in conditions you can provide.
-paghat the ratgirl
--
"Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher.
"Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature.
-from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers"
See the Garden of Paghat the Ratgirl: http://www.paghat.com/
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