Go to your local arboritum or garden and walk around and look at
what they have read the signs and see what you like all the things
will be planted in areas where they doo best. and you will get great
ideas for design. and talk to the gardeners and staff about what is
easy or difficult to grow and get advice about soil and such and
then make a list of what you like and go to your local garden center
and be sure to ask or read what ar anuals and which arn't so you will
know about what will come up next year.
On Mon, 24 May 2004 20:14:06 -0400, "rnjroberts"
wrote:

Hello all! I am a new gardener this year with my new house. I want to do
some landscaping but I am so not swift when it comes to picking out flowers!
My husband and I have been going around town trying to fiugre out what we
want but man are there a ton of flowers!! I wanted to do two or three
different kinds in front of my house. We live in Ohio so our weather is not
always wonderful. Like yesterday with about 3 stinking storms that were
tearing down trees!! I need something that is easy to take care of. The
flowers would be in the full sun most of the day. I had been told
"impatients' would be good but when I looked them up it said that they
needed morning sun...they would get that but also afternoon and evening!

I also have a shrub problem. The people who lived here before us decided to
plant a privacy shrub in the middle of the "flower bed." How the heck do I
get rid of the thing. We already cut one down but we are left with the
wonderful stump! Not bug enough to use a stump remover but big enough to be
a pain in my a**.

If anyone has any suggestions I would love to hear them!

Thanks!!!