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peapod1980

percy
Oct 3, 2005
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Up the hill from the Gateway Arch
This is the area in front of our front porch. Over the weekend, we took out a dead evergreen that was next to these two shrubs. The original plan was to find a new plant for this space, but now we're looking at this whole area and thinking maybe we want to take out the shrubs, too, and do something from scratch. Gardeners and landscapers--help!
 

kathydwells

Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname
Dec 20, 2004
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I love your house Percy...the bricks are beautiful. :clap: I will be watching this thread as well, since I need some advice in this area!!!!
 

Miss Kitty

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:love:...such a cute Bellevillian home! :wave:
 

2bohemians

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This is the area in front of our front porch. Over the weekend, we took out a dead evergreen that was next to these two shrubs. The original plan was to find a new plant for this space, but now we're looking at this whole area and thinking maybe we want to take out the shrubs, too, and do something from scratch. Gardeners and landscapers--help!

Call the boys over at Daisy's Garden Shop --- either Roger or Tom should be able to give you some professional advice .... if you haven't been over to their garden, stop by sometime ... they have done a real nice job!

Daisy's Garden Shop
(850) 622-3279
82 Veterans Rd, Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459
 

NoHall

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May 28, 2007
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Rip out those big green balls. They are doing nothing for the space.

You have a beautiful brick foundation with an interesting pattern. You do not have to hide the brick or fill up that space with more gian green balls. Choose evergreens that will stay either low to the ground (like a japanese spreading plum yew) or that you can keep in a small tree form (like a wax myrtle or an emerald green arborvitae.) You may consider some sort of non-aggressive vine for the wall. Ivy, jasmine, and japanese or chinese wisteria are very aggressive in the south; I'm not sure about your zone.

As for the rest of the space, I would use dwarf shrubs and perennials. In general, in order to have the best impact, you should plant in groups of no less than 3. Because of all the straight lines and rectangles, I would not plant anything in rows--groupings with curves.

That's all I got right now--got to get back to yelling at my students.
 

Cheering472

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Nov 3, 2005
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Love the house! I bet Mermy will be alot of help with this. Until then I would take the shrubs out and do low plants. I put some pretty pots in my flower beds for elevation changes and added color. I changed the flowers with the season. Can't wait to see what you do.
 
Apr 16, 2005
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I'm anxious to hear a little more too. I have almost the exact type of space. A few years ago we ripped out 2 or 3 boxwood bushes and just a really big ugly bush that was on the end. We replaced them with smaller lower to the ground shrubs. I'm terrible with names but the taller ones are a burgandy-ish color and the lower ones start with an e and are kind of varigated...green and yellow. They are very common so I know NoHall or Mermy will know them. We extended the mulch bed out to the end a bit and planted a dwarf cherry tree that is now turning out to be not so dwarf.:eek: I usually plant geraniums in the summer add color. I like Cheering's idea of adding pots for height and color.

I looked them up...barberry and euonymus.
 
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Mango

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Apr 7, 2006
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You don't need too much Percy because you have such pretty brick work and you don't want to distract from that. I like NoHall's ideas of ground covers. I just bought some of these for a small garden that I don't want to mess with, blue festica and I am putting it with black mulch.

http://www.directgardening.com/detail.asp?nav=&pid=5728

I also have ajuga as a ground cover and I like it when it flowers which should be soon. Warning: it spreads like weeds, but it looks good around small shrubbery.
 
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