Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Plant suggestions for perennial bed
We're re-vamping the bed along our west house wall. The bed is about 21' long and arcs outward from the wall.
Currently we have a variegated hosta we'd like to keep and maybe the rose bush. The hosta is at one end of the bed, so we were thinking of putting a 2nd one at the other end. Possibly a 3rd in the middle. The hosta gets to be 18" (flowers are around 26") tall.
I know I'd like to add wild columbine which, while not as showy as some of the crosses, is a nice hardy native perennial and the blooms can get to about 3' tall (the foliage gets to about 1-2').
Pic:
We're Zone 5, the bed would be in part sun. I'm looking for a nice mix of mid-size flowering plants from about 6" - 24" for season long color. Maybe 3 or 4 more types. Any other suggestions for plants?
Re: Plant suggestions for perennial bed
Cranesbill?
We have these with our hostas and like the foliage color when it's not in bloom.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.gardencrossings.com/_ccLib/image/plants/DETA-274.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.gardencrossings.com/plant/Geranium_pratense_Midnight%2520Reiter&usg=__TkRIE5-C8P_xk_KS86LMI3d4oAA=&h=300&w=300&sz=32&hl=en&start=1&sig2=5mltN9X3B3hqd3cdIw4Mow&um=1&tbnid=VkbFvCJBnDYsjM:&tbnh=116&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcranesbill%2Bpurple%2Bleaves%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us%26um%3D1&ei=HFxfS6mfA47mMZGU2YcM
How about a mounding Bell Flower? We have some planted and they bloom for a long time. They fit the size you are looking for too..
I don't know if this is much help but here's just a list of perennials I can come up with off the top of my head that might work:
None of them really bloom all season though.