A perennial border is somewhat of a heavy maintenance project. When I started this project, the soil condition was very poor. It consisted of heavy clays and traditional tractor squish em hardpan. Even today when it rains cats and dogs (never in the PNW) the water just runs off to bog garden. To solve the hardpan problem, I amended 40 yards of compost and raised the bed to an average soil height of 15 inches. The rest of the garden is composed of native soil. One the main lessons I have learned with perennials is “what not to buy” . I hate plants which have runner roots and take over my border. These type of plants should have a special marker, “INVASIVE”.
This is the garden in early spring (March).
January | April | May | June | July | August |
This is what is in the perennial garden.
Acer Ginnala Acer Rubrun 'Red Sunset" Achellea 'Moonshine' Agapanthus Ajuga reptans"Catlin's Giant" Allium giganteum Allium spherocephalon Allium unifolium Anemone x Hybrids Anemone x Hybrids ' Honorine Jobert' Apple Aquilegia vulgaris 'Variegata' Artemisa 'Canescens" Artemisia 'Powis Castle' Aster divaricatus Aster ericoides Aster nova - belgii 'Rose Serenade' Aster puniceus Aster x frikartii 'Monarch' Astible 'Ostrich Plume' Calamagrostis 'Karl Foester' CIstus x Corbariensis Citus x Purpuressm Clematis 'Etoile Violette' Coreopsis "moonbeam' Coreopsis Rosea Cornus Kousa Cornus Mas Corydalis Lutea Crocus Daphne Cneorum Delphinium Dianthus Plumarius Digitalis Grandiflora Echinops 'Taplow Blue' Euonymus Radicans Euphorbia Griffith 'Fireglow Euphorbia Polychroma Euphorbia Robbiae Euphorbia Stricta Euphorbia x Martinii Euphorbia x Martinii Red Martin Filipendula Rubra 'Venusta' Forsythia 'Lynwood Gold' Fragaria "pink Panda' Fritillaria imperialis Fushsia Fushsia Magellanica Geranium 'Johnson's Blue' Geranium Macrorhizum Geranium Psilostemon Geranium x oxonianum 'Claridge Druce' Geranium x oxonianum 'Rebecca Moss' Geranium x oxonianum 'Southcombe Star' Geranium x oxonianum 'Thurstonianum' Geranium x Riversleaianum 'Mavis Simpson' Geranium xoxonianum 'Phoebe Noble' Geum 'Leonars's Varety' Hamamelis x Intermedia 'Arnold Promise' Helleborus Orientalis Hemerocallis "Stella Doro" Heuchera Sanguinea Vars. Heucherella 'Bridget bloom' Hibiscus Syriacus 'Diana' Hosta 'Piedmont Gold' Hosta sieboldiana 'Elegans' Hydrangea Auercifolia Hydrangea mac. var. mac. 'Europa' Iris Ensata Iris, Pacific Coast Lavandula Latifolia Lavandula Stoechas Lavetera 'Kew Rose' Lobelia tupa Lysichitio camtschatense Lysichiton Americanum Lysimachia Ephemerum Muscari armeniacum Narcissus bulocodium conspicuus Narcissus cyclamineus 'February Gold' Narcissus King Alfred Nereta 'Six Hills Giant' Organum 'Hopleys Purple' Origanum vulgare 'Hopleys' Peach 'Frost' Penstemon 'Blue of Zurich' Perovskia Hybrida Phlox Maculata 'Miss Lindgard' Phlox Maculata 'Rosalind' Plum 'Satsumus' Plum 'Shiro' Polygonum Bistorta 'Superba' Polygonum Campanulatum Potentilla Fruticosa 'Mt. Everest' Ribes Sangvinea 'Henry Henneman' Rosemary Blue Spire Rudbeckia Lacinata 'Herbstonne' Salix Alba 'Chermisina' Salix Babylonica Salix Purpurea 'Nana' Salvia 'Indigo Spires' Salvia 'Superba' Salvia Azurea 'Pitcheri' Salvia Officinalis 'Purpurascens' Salvia Officinals 'Tricolor' Senecio 'Sunshine' Sidalcea Hybrids Stachys Lanata Stachys Lanta 'Silver Carpet' Verbena Bonariensis Veronica Incana Viburnum 'Spring Bouquet'
I have these plants, but I need to fine the theme garden.
Acanthus mollis Aconitum Carmichaelii Akebia Alcea rosea'Nigra' Alchemilla Mollis Aresarum proboscideum Armeria pseudarmeria Arrhenatherum bulbsum 'Variegatum' Arum italicum Aruncus dioicus Asiatic hybrid lilies Astrantia Major Betula Jacquemontii Blechnum Pinna - Marina Butomos umbellatus Caltha Polypetala Cardamine trifolia Cardamine pratensis 'Flore Pleno' P Carypteris 'Longwood Blue' Catananche caeruleum (carpet) Centranthus ruber 'Alba; Cephalaria gigantea Cerastium Tomentosum, Endymion Hispanicum Cercidiphyullum Japonicum Cimicifuga simples'Atropurpurea' Clerodendron Trichotmum Clethra Alnifolia Crambe Cordifolia Cynara Scolymus Cypripedium calceolus Cyrtomium Falcatum Cytisus Battandieri Diascia 'Blackthorn Apricot' Diascia Vigilis Dierama pulcherrima Dryopteris wallichiana Elymus cinereus Eranthis hyemalis Eryngium Planum Escallonia 'Apple Blossom' Euonymus Japonicus "silver Queen' Foeniculum Vulgare 'Purpurascens' Galanthus nivalis Galtonia princeps Galtonia virdiflora Gaura Lindheimeri Halimiocistus x Sahucii Helianthemum Nummularium Helictotrichon Sempervirens Hypericumx Inodorum 'Elstead' Itea Chinesis Jasminum Nudiflorum Kerria Japonica 'Picta' Knautia macedonica Laburn x Vossii Lathyrus Latifolius Leucothoe Lonicera Periclymenum 'Serotina' Lysimachia Nummularia Macleya microcarpa 'Coral Plume' Magnolia Stellata Matteuccia Struthiopteris Melianthus major Mimulus cardinallis 'Aurantiasus' Miscanthus Sinensis 'Gracilimus' Ompahalodes cappadocica Osmanthus Delavayi Osmanthus Heterophyllus Philadelphus x Virginalis 'Minnesota Snowflake' Polemonium Caeruleum Pontaderia Cordata Prunus Serrulata ' Amanogawa' Prunus x Cistena Prunus Yedoensis 'Akebono' Pyracantha 'Goldrush' Rodgersia Romneya Coulteri Rumex Hydrolapathum Ruta Graveolens Sambucus Nigra 'Variegata' Saponaria Ocymoides Scilla campanulata Scobiosa Caucasis Prefer' Fama' Stipa Gigantea Styrax Japonica Syringa Vulgaris Var. Teucrium Chamaedroides Thalictrum 'Hewitt's double' Vaccinium Paryifolium Veronicastrum Virginicum Viburnum Plicatum 'Summer Snowflake' Viburnum x Bodnantense 'Dawn' Viola Cornuta 'Maggie Mott' Viola Odorata Weigela Florida 'Variegata'
Garden Themes
Rock | Bog | Perennial | Xeriscape | Mediterranean | Shade | Pumpkin Patch
