Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Just my Favorit-ist Shrub/Bush!, 0 by jkom51

jkom51 wrote:
My niece and nephew just bought a house together and there is a beautiful specimen of sambucus growing against the sunny side of the house! It's huge, must have been planted quite a while ago. Such gorgeous foliage -- I really think this is one of the handsomest foliage plants around. That's a lovely idea, planting it with red poppies!

If you like Oriental poppies, have you ever tried the annual Papaver Commutatum 'Lady Bird'? It gets only about 1x1', but puts up multiple blooms (up to 3 dozen!) over a 6 week period. My picture isn't very good -- it was very windy that day and it blurred a little, but it's the cutest plant, kids love it because it reminds them of ladybugs. I liked it so much I bought another seedling (there's a local woman who runs a company called Annie's Annuals and she promotes unusual annuals and perennials) for the summer.