| Re: botts dots
In article <lNPAh.2286$tD2.1485@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink. net>,
"Claire Petersky" <cpetersky@mouse-potato.com> writes:
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> "Tom Keats" <tkeats2005@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:jkvvqe.4i1.ln@bud.garden.local...
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>> Maybe they'd make an interesting border around a
>> stand-alone rhododendron or azalea. But I think
>> they'd be too symmetrical for that. And the
>> reflectiveness at night might come off as gauche.
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> They aren't reflective dots, they're just orangey-yellow and round. I
> thought about burying them halfway in the ground, and making a little border
> around something. I think something equally orangey-yellow, though:
> daffodils?
Sure, why not? Maybe intersperse them between rough,
natural rocks. In a flat flower bed, a stepping-stone
path made of flat rocks works to not only divide the
bed into sections, but also to provide an access to
get in there with a watering can. Stick some of those
dots in there too.
As for colour, there are also marigolds, which are good
from late spring to fall, white/yellow tulips, which will
be coming up pretty soon now, some glads (but they're so
short-lived) and those oh-so-creamy yucca flowers, which
are also short-lived and unpredictable. But the foliage
is so succulent.
And then there are those rambling/creeping roses that
come in subdued, creamy colours ... you'd need something
to draw the eye toward them. Sticky-uppy Gartenmeister
Bonstat fuchsias and grandiflora petunias might do
the trick. Maybe throw in some white allysum and
pinkish/whitish heathers for perennial filler.
While you're at it, and if it's the right light/shade
situation, some oregon grape and salal might make
good green filler, too. And maybe a miniature,
ornamental, non-spreading bamboo.
cheers,
Tom
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