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02-14-2007, 06:44 PM

In article <96k0re.l32.ln@bud.garden.local>,
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (Tom Keats) writes:
> In article <lNPAh.2286$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].pas.earthlink. net>,
> "Claire Petersky" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
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>> "Tom Keats" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> 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.
>>
>>
>> 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

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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02-15-2007, 03:52 AM

Claire wrote:
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> And then, I'd like to think of something cool to do with them. Ideas?
>
> Warm Regards,
>
>
>
> Claire Petersky
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Botts Dots make nice paperweights. I could see mounting them on an
otherwise very boring wall. What do the paving contractors use for bd
adhesive?

Rleone

02-15-2007, 03:38 PM

"Tom Keats" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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Want to come down and do some gardening for me? I'd pay an hourly wage and
bicycle travel expenses down from Vancouver.

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