I went away for 2 weeks and my DD pulled out all my shrubs and trees. Thought he would clean them up a little and ended up destroying them and had to pull them out. I have to say I didn't speak to him for a week. I was in tears most of the time.... I had hugePyramidal Cedars on each side of the steps to a height past the veranda. In front of those I had a global cedars on each side. I had evergreen shrubs along the front and I didn't have to worry about anything. NOW LOOK AT IT....
I do like the idea of greenery in the winter. We are in Zone 3/4 of planting things. Can anyone with a fabulous green thumb help me out. I have made the beds 5 ft wide. I get sun in the afternoon and evening. I need to get at this very quickly...To everyone who replies....A big thank you...
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if it helps any, I love your house - I love all the nice clean glass at the front, that must be nice in the fall, if you get afternoon-into-evening sun.
Not sure what to do about your garden, though - I usually just go to the store and see what 's there that I like the look of :)
I really want to hide the cement stairs if possible or just blend them in to the front yard with shrubs...My husband says they are staying....I think they are cold unless there is something gathered around them...
I have Morden and Parkland roses in the back yard. I would like to see some greenery all year perhaps with evergreens of somekind that don't grow to to big..Hope this helps..
Wow, I love to see those pictures of ideas...they were fantastic. I have never seen anything like that... I liked what I saw. Let me give you an idea I had...not sure it's ok..On the smallest side near the driveway I thought of putting in a LIttle Giant Cedar (closest to those steps) then a little neon flash spirea...On the other side, I had looked at putting a Holmstrup cedar in the corner with a Diabilo Purple Leaf Ninebark and then in fron of that a Gold mound spirea...then toward the steps I really didn't know...maybe a Globe srpuce (closest to the steps) with a couple of neon spirea's....WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT....CAN ANYONE GET A COMPUTER PICTURE OF THIS...I had wanted some greenery in the front druing the cold white winter months here on the prairies...The veranda has been painted already.
Any other suggestiongs...Thanks again.
Here is hoping hubby is sufficiently sorry now to help replant without any whinning. I'm in a zone 2/3 as well so I know there are some limits. YOu might want to take a look at barberry bushes. They come in various colours but the burgundy are gorgeous. They get nice little yellow flowers in the spring then the leaves change from green to wine and in fall they change a bit again. They are also the thorniest things I've encountered so cats stay out of the beds. As well they grow fast and tall.
I just planted two of those and a golden elder in between. I had that combo at my last house and it was always nice colour. The golden elders also grow very fast.
Ninebark are nice for colour too. Pink flowers in spring and the most fabulous fall colours. Another for stunning fall colour is sumac. My neighbour has one and it was the first I'd ever seen. I swear you needed sunglasses when it turned colour in the fall.
If you plant your cedars again and some other evergreen you'll have some nice colour all year.
Oh yeah, hardy roses would look cute with your house too. Check out the explorer or morten varieties. They are basically easy care, no hassle, and full of blooms every year.
I think you've for a good canvas - now you can do any garden. Here are 2 out of ?? options:
Potentilla (yellow and white, sometimes pink)
5 foot wide beds will give you ample room for bushes to grow. Do you want cedars again or something flowering?
All these are zone 3 or 4.
Explorer and Parkland bush roses that need no winter covering and will bloom well with the sun you get.
Others bushes for zone 3-4 are in the photos. Some have winter interest with red branches. I had a burning bush that kept most of it's leaves all winter, dropped them in spring to releaf again.
Burning Bush Compact form
Dogwood Artic Sun
Hydrangea Annabelle
Ninebark Darts Gold.
Potentilla White/Yellow blooms spring to fall.