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| I have a very small bed (about 4 ft by 4 ft) that I have a Livin Easy rose planted in. I also had planted 6 daylilies in there, (don't ask me why!! lol). Of course, now I realize what a gardening blunder I made by planting so much in there! Way too crowded! I want to keep the rose there of course, I love Livin Easy, but don't like the crowded looks of the daylilies there. The daylilies are 3 Bertie Ferris adn 3 Dream Blues. Great daylilies but not the right spot for them! I don't have any other place to plant these daylilies yet either. Bummer...
The area gets sun to part sun all day, is nice well draining organic soil, but I need something else there. What I am looking for the a: mounding perennial or one that I can mass around the rose(or annual but prefer perennial)
Am I asking too much!? lol I can't seem to find what I'm looking for Some suggested Geranium Rozanne, but I've also heard that it spreads a lot! Perennial violas maybe? Any ideas are welcome! Here's a pic of the situation:
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| Shorter achillea, campanula blue/white clips, needles coreopsis (e.g., moonbeam, sweet dreams), dianthus, geraniums (they fill in, but are not invasive), sedum groundcovers (e.g., vera jameson), etc. In short, there are a TON of options. |
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| I tried achillea already and blue clips campanulas. Don't have much luck with the campanulas and the achilleas were too floppy for me and looked messy too. Thanks for any suggestions though :) I will look into more dianthus, coreopsis, and sedums though. |
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| You can try Anthemis Sauce Holandaise. It is a little taller than a foot, but really good. |
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- Posted by dowlinggram 3 (My Page) on Sun, Jun 3, 12 at 17:35
| Why not make it a rose garden and get some miniature roses to go around your living easy rose They'd fill in the space without crowding your rose and put on a nice display. They'd be better than a ground cover and you can get them in many colors to compliment your existing rose |
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| I've seen shorter nepeta (catmint) planted at the base of roses, and it looks very nice. Plus catmint is so easy! http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/peren/msg041001017141.html |
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| I can't go with the catmint because it may draw in cats. We have a lot of stray cats around and I have a few bird feeders (as well as 3 pet birds! lol) |
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| Creeping Baby's Breath or Achillea Ballerina would look beautiful. |
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| BLuestone Perwnnials has both of them st 50% off, |
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| I wonder if that spot gets more shade than you think. If so you might have a good spot for a couple heucheras. If it were up to me I would make the bed larger, add a few heucheras and use the new space to solve the "what to do with the daylilies" problem. |
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| I also was thinking about Heuchera. Many of them can tolerate full sun even in my zone 6/7. Colorful foliage and nice mound shape would add texture to this bed and compliment the rose nicely. |
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| I was thinking of heuchera too :) I can't make the bed any bigger than it is, but I can go with smaller heuchera like Obsidian or something. BTW, any heucheras, like obsidian, that are darker leafed can take more sun than the lighter colored ones like Citronelle. |
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| This are dark leaf Heucheras excellent performers and grow on full sun for me: 'Midnight Rose', 'Black Out', 'Stormy Seas'. Everyone says that 'Palace Purple' is bulletproof, but it is too plain to my taste... Orange 'Caramel' is also in full sun, but its leaves do get burned sometimes. Not a real problem though - it is easy just pulling those burned leaves off. |
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