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| I couldn't find a single photo of this my ex rose garden area when it had roses. It wasn't nice , so I must have dumped them all. Anyway it's not hard to imagine a dozen black spotted mangey hybrid tea roses all crammed into this space. Now eight years later much has changed over the years. This year I jammed all the my red bloomers in. They're all sulking and refusing to bloom , that means you : Potentilla 'Volan' , Geum 'Flames of Passion' and Penstemon 'Cherry Glow'. So, rather than a red border , I have a mostly purple one. |
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| I think this is from a few years ago, hasn't the Tetrapanex grown ? And the Panicum in the the brick planter . The Eucalyptus was knocked back this winter.: and the Cannas are goners. I've replaced those…with red blooms. |
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| A few years earlier , even smaller Tetra. Kangaroo Apple taking center stage….didn't make it through that winter : and didn't self seed as I'd hoped. The Hakonehloa ' Beni-Kazi' have had a rough time. They look wonderful all spring , then the burning begins with the hot dry summers. But now the huge Tetra shades them from the worst. |
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| The long deceased Eryngium pandanifolium early in my post rose garden planting…very early. I think there has differently been some improvements. |
Some improvements indeed! And that Tetrapanax is magnificent! When mine achieve height like that they've usually (always) lost their lower leaves.
ReplyDeleteLoree, Oh it's getting yellow leaves ! which will drop. I think the rain today will loosen them.Looks like the fling was timed perfectly !
DeleteWait, which is the "before" image? ;) Looks amazing now -- did you imagine that it would look like this when you ripped out the roses?
ReplyDeleteAlan, I just wanted those roses out, I did save a few; and have them dotted around , where they are happily blooming away !
DeleteIncredible the magic you've done with this bed!
ReplyDeleteHow long have you been in your house? It's wild to see what that front bed used to look like.
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