Specialty Gardening: White Flower Garden/ Anyone Have One? Or suggestions?, 1 by evelyn_inthegarden

evelyn_inthegarden wrote:
Here is part of the bed that has been dug out and mulched. I had to remove several many lilac suckers before doing anything. That was a lot of hard work. At 75 I do get tired, so I offered my neighbor all the lilac suckers if he would dig out the last, and biggest one, and also the dead dogwood tree, which had succumbed to the extreme drought. It used to be in the shade of a pine tree, but that got cut down, as it was casting too much shade on the vegetable garden, in the middle of the fenced garden area.

The second picture is an example of the accumulation of strawberries and violets.

The third is just a close up of the violets.

As you can see, there is not a lot of room for viburnum and any other large shrubs. I am saving a space for the hibiscus 'Blue River II'. I am considering moving all the plants in the adjacent bed, which is currently in pastels, mainly blue, purple and pink. If I move these all to the north side, facing south bed, formerly called the "Hot Bed", then I may expand the white flower garden in the future, but since we have had so much rain and snow since November, I have been trying to work just this one bed to improve it, as it was an eyesore to me. Most of the time it has been rather muddy, so I have had limited access to the garden.

Donna, and birder, you both have given me some practical suggestions, and I do appreciate it.
I hope to be able to find that seed for feverfew tetra strain. Maybe I will check Swallowtail Seeds and see if they have any. Can you tell me if Anemone will take full hot sun? I usually put them in my shade garden, due to the hot summers that we have here. I think that 'Honorine Jobert' is one of thte most beautiful ones, but if it will not grow well in the hot sun, I had better forgo placing that plant in that bed.

This message was edited Mar 30, 2017 1:22 PM