Comments on: Landscaping plant ideas for old, country-style home. Would like heath & heather plants. Where to purchase?

By: earthy_redhead

earthy_redhead — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:37:12 +0000

You might want to consider a curvy outline to your plantings. This will help soften the lines. A curvy walkway to your door will also help. You can fool the eye by making your plantings curve without having to replace your walkway.

Check out BHG web site, I got a ton of ideas there when I re-landscaped my yard 2 yrs. ago. Home Depot had most of the plants I was looking for. Also, pick up a gardening book so you don’t waste your money on plants that won’t work for your climate.

Have fun!

By: karen s

karen s — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:37:12 +0000

I have a brown thumb, but in that style house, I see lavendar and sunflowers….just seems to go.

By: old_woman_84

old_woman_84 — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:37:12 +0000

Here is a good site to shop or look around and get some ideas. I have found that through the mail orders–the plants may not grow or take years to develop into what you would want but you can go look and get some ideas and then look locally. I have found Lowes to be an ok place to buy plants or you may have other local places to shop.

http://www.directgardening.com/

By: watergoddess53

watergoddess53 — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:37:12 +0000

I too like heath and heather plants, but have not ever seen any the my area Atlanta, Ga. I twould bee very useful to know where you are in the world, that way I can match the plants to the environment. If you cannot find heather or heath, lavander and rose mary are good subs., although they have blue flowers insteed of pink or white. If you do not want a formal garden, the plant in full circles and half circles, do something zig zag. As far as trees go put them on the sides
of the house in order to hide the square frame. Again it is hard to suggest what kind of trees, because I don’t know where you live. Search your web for trees in your area and how tall and wide they get and how long it takes to reach a good height. There are so many flowers to mention, but seeing as your house is old I think you should check out your greenhouse growers for native flowers in your area or the web. This is a list of flowering perennials I grow on my job.
Yarrow, Hyssop, Aster, Baptisia, Canna, Plumbago, Shasta daisy, Coreopsis, Delosperma[ice plant], Dianthus,Echinacea, Joe Pie Weed, Fleabane, Spurge, Guara, Daylily, Hibiscus, Japanese Iris, Yellow Flag Iris, Siberian Iria, Torch lily, Lantana Camara{Miss Huff}, Liatris, Lobelia, Monarda, Peony,Russian Sage, Phlox, Rudbeckia, Salvia, Sedum, Solidgo, Stokesia, Veronica, Verbena, For partial shade, tings like Astilbe, Bleeding Hearts, Euphorbia, Hardy Geranium, Helleborus. Hope I gave you some ideas. Happy Planting.

By: Secily W

Secily W — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:37:12 +0000

Hello,
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Best Wishes,
Secily W.