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Choosing landscape plants??????? #44448 June 28th, 2006 at 02:09 AM
Joined: Feb 2006 Vicksburg, MS KKMedic OP Member
OP KKMedic Member Joined: Feb 2006 Vicksburg, MS	Garden Helper Member # 7951 We are building a flower bed to help with the eyesore at the front of our property. It is a large triangle with guide wires and utility posts at the front of the property where it is viewed by everyone entering the subdivision. We are planning to do red, white, and blue theme flowers in the front with a flag/flagpole. At the middle of the triangle on each side is a utility pole. From pole to pole, I want to plant some sort of shrub or bush that will separate the flower bed into two sections, with the back portion of it being lilies, daylilies, and bulbs. I want something that will help create a nice look year round... from pole to pole is ~15-20ft. So picture a big triangle... front red, white, and blue with flagpole, center bushes/shrubs of some sort to divide it into 2 planting areas, and larger rear lilies, daylilies, and bulbs. We are in zone 8a. Any suggestions? I really like fuschia bushes... but any other ideas? Thanks in advance! Katherine who is up to her knees in Mississippi clay.

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Re: Choosing landscape plants??????? #44449 July 15th, 2006 at 02:11 PM
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Re: Choosing landscape plants??????? #44450 July 21st, 2006 at 04:54 AM
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tkhooper Official Blabber Mouth T Joined: Mar 2005 triangle, virginia	You should find something on this list that will be good in the spot you describe. Good luck with your landscaping. Arbutus unedo 'Oktoberfest' Strawberry tree Arctostaphylos uva ursi 'Massachusetts' Kninnikinnick Buddleia, Butterfly Bush Buxus sempervirens 'Variegata' Boxwood Callicarpa bodinieri v. giraldii 'Profusion' Beautyberry Camellia japonica 'Turandot', Camellia Ceanothus 'Victoria', California lilac Clerodendrum trichotomum fargesii, Harlequin Glorybower Deutzia x kalmiiflora Enkianthus campanulatus 'Showy Lanterns' Erythrina herbacea, Coral Bean Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald Gaiety' Gardenia jasminoides 'Kleim"s Hardy' Helwingia chinensis Lavatera, tree Mallow Lonicera nitida 'Lemon Beauty', Box Honeysuckle Loropetalum chinensis 'Sizzlin Pink' Chinese Fringe flower Myrica californica, California Wax Myrtle tree Peony Pieris japonica 'Cavatine', lily-of-the-Valley-Shrub Pieris japonica 'Mountain Fire', Japanese Andromeda Prostanthera rotundifolia, Australian Mint Bush Rhododendron macrophyllum, Pacific Rhododendron Ribes sanguineum, Red Flowering Currant Rosmarinus officinalis 'Barbeque', Rosemary Stachyurus praecox, Spiketail Weigela florida 'Variegata'

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