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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?

Lantana isnt an evergreen......Its a flower.
Azalea is a bush.

PS.. Bestof4 I posted my arches for you to see..

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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?

Go to the last 24 hours and the arches are close to the bottom.

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??

Do you mean abelia, Sheri? I cannot get a close enough look to be able to tell.

yes, that's exactly what I meant.

Is the other, red, azaleas? I can't tell from the pictures either.

what is the purple stuff?

abelia or at least a varitey

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

Here, we call that wandering Jew, purple heart. And it is an alright plant for confined spaces. It can get out of hand.

what about the green monkey grass looking stuff? he told her it would flower too.

Purple is Roaming jew.. i have one and it grows like nuts inside..
Didnt know it was an outsider.

If that is liriope, it will flower a purple cluster of grape like flowers. Then they become black seeds.

Shame on you .
Throwing moses away........

It could be tulbaghia, society garlic, and that will bloom taller with violet kind of flowers. (If it smells strongly of garlic, that is what it is)

I was just talking to her and evidentially her college education was a waste because she cut all the tags off the plants and threw them away. She said he told her nothing would spread. I told her I think he lied. She said the red bushes are some type of rose that will bloom "all year". Don't believe that either.

Most of our roses here in zone 9 will bloom all year. Most of us don't let them. We cut them back in midwinter because you can end up with rose trees instead of bushes.

Heres another.. My son and daughterinlaw both college folks and they landscaped.
My son spent many hours digging by hand and hauling stone from here and paving a path.
She picked all the plants .. And they really grew.
Last fall son had to dig and throw away and dig more.. It really expanded.

She knew her plants.LOL
He said never again.

I always plant way more than I want because I know some will never make it

joclyn, she said those are roses - not azaleas. I told her that stuff would spread but she said he assured her it wouldn't. We'll see.

I'm not an expert on gardening at all but I would suggest trees, start with small ones, they grow faster than you would think (there cheaper and easier to plant too). Its a nice big front yard and I know it gets HOT in Georgia; trees would provide the house with shade too. There is such a variety of trees that you can pick from, so many possibilities! It would dress up the front yard too.

How about a mountain fire pieris?

I have one and they get really bright red leaves on them part of the year and then they flower in the early spring--white flowers.....the flowers resemble lily of the valley, hence the reason the bush is also named the lily of the Valley Bush. They are very low maintenance and are related to Rhodies and Azaleas.....Mine is really small now but they do grow, and I know that's a concern---but I don't think they'd be too hard to keep small, and they are evergreen.

I have that too Loz and it's so pretty when it's red.

I think she's completed the project.

It is isn't it?

I don't see them often around here, so when I found it at Lowe's I had to buy it.

Mine is still pretty small, only a few feet tall....

Do you cut the old flowers off when it's done flowering?