#196011 - 03/26/08 07:49 PM
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Bestofour
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Sometimes I'm asked to bring flower arrangements to work for a special luncheon or something and I stick some in there.
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#196022 - 03/26/08 08:09 PM
Re: Help needed
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I've never even thought of that but it's a good idea.
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#196211 - 03/27/08 10:19 AM
Re: Help needed
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The front of her house faces west but without trees, except way in the back, it gets full sun all day. It's so hot and dry there. Her soil is clay. Hopefully when they put in the french drain the water won't be a problem. But the water has killed a few of the shrubs that were there when she moved in. I was hoping they could move the left side (facing the house) out and make the area bigger, but the landscape man said because of the slope it would take some major excavation and since this isn't their forever house they don't want to invest in that.
She doesn't want azaleas - think they're ugly when not blooming and so do I.
I wondered about some small gardenia bushes by the front.
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#196407 - 03/27/08 08:34 PM
Re: Help needed
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Joclyn
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azalea wouldn't be on my list of suggestions...i don't like them, either!!
bulbs would be good - little if anything to do with them other than cut the flower stalks off after they die off. then at the end of the year, clear out the dead leaves.
early bloomers: crocus, daffodil, tulip
mid-bloomers: bearded iris, some tulips, some lily types
late bloomers: some bearded iris rebloom, some lily types
mums and asters are nice bushy plants - some don't get too tall and some others get to about 2 1/2 feet (so the windows wouldn't be blocked). they're fall bloomers if you pinch the buds off mid-summer or you can let them go and they'll bloom mid-to-late summer.
peony would do very, very well, too - they don't get taller than 3 feet so they wouldn't block the windows either.
it's a perfect spot for roses - could do a couple of trellises for them in between the windows - they do require a bit of maintenance, though.
for something totally different, she could do some succulents and some cactus, too. sedum looks nice through the summer and then blooms in the fall, yucca is a wonderful bushy-type plant and they bloom after a few years, too. hens-n-chicks are low/ground cover type plants and they bloom, too, once they're old enough. opuntia would be something really different to do. they bloom a pretty yellow flower. they do have spines though. not really a big deal since there's really no maintenance for them.
still thinking about some good bush-type that have interesting leaves.
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#196559 - 03/28/08 02:07 PM
Re: Help needed
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thanks Joclyn. I'm going to email your suggestions.
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#196950 - 03/29/08 04:41 PM
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Once we get the base plants settled we'll think about annuals and flowers.
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#197105 - 03/30/08 07:11 AM
Re: Help needed
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thanks TK. I looked them up and sent her pictures. Many of them would be great in my book.
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#200463 - 04/10/08 04:15 PM
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This is what is planted. Is it lantana, azaleas, and some type of wandering jew? I don't think lantana is going to be evergreen, she doesn't like azaleas or jew. I'm hoping I'm mistaken. I can't see the pictures that well on my home computer. The color just isn't right.
Is this Obelia?
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#200477 - 04/10/08 04:42 PM
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I know that dodge. that's what I'm saying. I'm hoping that what I'm seeing isn't what I'm seeing. She had said she wants evergreen stuff and NOT azaleas. Do you know what those plants are?
Where are the arches?
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#200503 - 04/10/08 05:43 PM
Re: Help needed
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angelblossom
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Sheri I'm not sure of your question here,, The wondering jew,, moses in a cradle, is right, trailing lantana is right,, Oblelia? Never heard of it  I looked it up and nothing,, do you been lobelia??? is the grassy clumps what your referring too??
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#200510 - 04/10/08 05:51 PM
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yes, that's exactly what I meant.
Is the other, red, azaleas? I can't tell from the pictures either.
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#200511 - 04/10/08 05:52 PM
Re: Help needed
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what is the purple stuff?
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#200513 - 04/10/08 05:54 PM
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#200514 - 04/10/08 05:55 PM
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angelblossom
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THe purple is Wondering jew,, Moses in a cradle Lots of different names for it depending where you live,, Here it is called Wondering jew,, I have to throw it away every year, It's bad invasive,, and blooms pink or white sometimes blue little flowers
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