Photos are
from Nancy Bellaire down in Maryland. She says, "Last year I
decided to do a makeover of my perennials in my mixed border of rhododendrons,
double red Knockout roses, 'Invincibelle' hydrangea, and stars of Persia
alliums. The old perennials spilled out over the lawn, killing the grass, and
then the geraniums needed a haircut, leaving a brown area that I got sick of
seeing. I removed the plants, spread leafgro and flowertone, then dug it in by
hand. The plants filled in beyond my expectations and the edging plants gave me
a nice line with no more dead grass. I had fun trying out a lot of new plants: Eucomis
'Sparkling Burgundy', Allium 'Millenium', Crocosomia 'Alborado’, Aster ‘Bluebird’,
Chrysanthemum ‘Samba’, and Coreopsis ‘Red Satin’. The edging is the
non-flowering lamb’s ears and ‘Brigadoon’ St. John’s wort. I moved my 'Custard
Candy' daylilies here and added the dwarf lilies 'Tiny Dancer' and 'Tiny
Spider'.
