Perennials: Ideas needed for a new bed, 1 by tabasco

tabasco wrote:
Katie--neat project and the bushes look beautiful 'arborized'!

One thought--when you choose your perennials, you might want to keep in mind the paint colors of your house and bring out the window trim color in your planting scheme... Is your window trim a brownish red? Is your barberry red-leaved in summer?

I wonder if your soil is pretty good or are you planning to amend it? With a south facing garden you have a wide range of choices unless there is a lot of shade from the buildings across the alley... mmm What are you thinking of?

You could choose almost anything...very exciting project!

This is my red daylily with blanket flowers (to tie in with your window trim!) and coreopsis for a really bright (easy maintenance) July look...(might be too intense for your space, but it can be softened (as I did) with daisies and rudbeckias and other less intense daylilies around it...