02-14-2007, 06:44 PM
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#11 (permalink)
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In article <96k0re.l32.ln@bud.garden.local>,
tkeats2005@hotmail.com (Tom Keats) writes:
> 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?
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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>
> cheers,
> Tom
I forgot to add: blue. Go nuts with blue, against
that white/yellow Botts dots & matching flowers thing.
Forget-me-nots, phlox, foxgloves, bluebells, sweet williams,
anything blue -- just go for it! Especially if the white/
yellow/creamy stuff is low to the ground, and the blue stuff
stands up above it.
cheers,
Tom
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