Front Slope Flowers Phase Two
Front Slope Flowers Phase Two Spring and Summer 2023
Drawing
Place large oval rock by bearded iris and cornflower in the middle
Take the less flat blue stone from garden and prop up one of the middle beds.
Once established, move the rocks that are currently around the Spirea Blue Mist to support rose campion and nigella. Maybe find more med to large rocks, Freecycle?
Spring 2023
Blue Flowers
annual in zone 5, but is a good self seeder, may not have to start seedlings every year
unique black stems and blue flowers, but will probably not survive the winter. Replace with Spike Speedwell
Russian Sage Perovskia atriplicifolia
Alium Azure and Zamin- Brecks (fall planted bulbs)
Blue Didiscous
-Trachymene coerulea -
Johnny's
White Flowers
continuing the Delft (blue and white) theme, need some good white flowers
Winter 2023
Focus on only one or two new flowers for the front slope this year. Continue with what worked last year, Zinnia, Coneflower. Add more shrubs to increase the "structure" of the slope- two Hydrangea and another of the Spirea Blue Mist Caryopteris. Maybe the focus should be on making a white slope with blue and the "pops" of color as it is difficult to find blue flowers.
The more I think about this, I did not really have a clear plan or idea in my head what I wanted this to be when I started. I was was depressed over break and ran amok on the internet with my credit card.
I think I really want a more formal look with big clumps or groups of plants. Some of the plants that I choose (cornflower, Nigella, etc...) are more suited to a Cottage Garden. There are so few blue plants that I really should focus on white with occasional pops of blue.
New Blue Flowers for 2023
Dianthus Siberian Blue (perennial)
Nigella (hardy annual)
Delphinium (perennial)
New White Flowers for 2023
Phlox (perennial)
White Dianthus (low ground cover perennial)
White Rose Campion (perennial)
Blue Disc African Daisy (annual)
Monty Don Gardener's World- Season 53 Episode 25
Color scheme for The Mound is soft yellow and soft blues
Potentilla Fruticose Primrose Beauty- shrub, light yellow
Creeping Blue Blossom- Ceanothus thyrsiflorus repens- blue 3' tall, 3' wide
We have New Jersey Tea Plant (Ceanothus)
Severn Sea Prostrate Rosemary- doesn't seem like any rosemary is hardy in zone 5
Fall 2022
Dig up Alium Milenium and give away because it is too purple. Plant Alium Azure (15) and Zamin (3) (fall planted bulbs) blue bearded iris (4 rhizomes) and Pim white tulip (10 bulbs)- along the middle swale. Planted September 18, 2022. Alium may be too deep.
Summer 2023
Add plants to expand bed to the left. Continue to start seeds for annuals (cornflower, zinnia). Establish edging to keep grass out on left side. Remove shrubs on right side and prepare for more bed expansion.
Plant Type | Summer 2022 | Summer 2023 |
Perennial | Spiked Speedwell Veronica (8) | Spiked Speedwell Veronica (5) |
Annual | Salvia victoria Salvia (6) | Salvia Black and Blue Salvia guaranitica |
Annual- may reseed | Coneflower Blue Boy (10) | Coneflower Blue Boy (10) |
Perennial | Nepeta 'Walker's Low'- Catmint (2) bare roots | Nepeta ‘Blue Winder'- Catmint (2) bare roots |
Perennial |
| Geranium 'Rozanne' Cranesbill (3) |
Perennial |
| Perovskia atriplicifolia- Russian Sage (4) |
Perennial |
| Veitch's Blue Globe Thistle Echinops ritro bare root |
Perennial |
| Delphinium Belladonna Mix (seeds) |
Perennial |
| Iris sibirica Blue Moon Siberian Iris - (bulbs) |
Perennial |
| Siberian Blues' Dianthus Seeds |
Perennial | Alium Millenium bulbs | Alium Zamin or Alium Azure Allium bulbs |
Perennial |
| Hydrangea macrophylla Endless Summer |
Annual- may reseed |
| Blue and White Double Daisy Anemone mix bulbs |
Perennial | Achillea Millefolium-White Yarrow (3) | Achillea Millefolium-White Yarrow (10) |
Perennial | Stachys byzantina 'Fuzzy Wuzzy'- Lambs Ears (2) | Stachys byzantina 'Fuzzy Wuzzy'- Lambs Ears (2) |
Annual | Zinnia White Wedding (10) | Zinnia White Wedding (10) |
Perennial |
| Phlox paniculata 'David'- Phlox (3) or seeds |
Perennial |
| White Tulips- Pim Fortuyn- (bulbs) |
Annual- may reseed |
| White Cosmos Cosmos bipinnatus seeds |
Perennial |
| White Rose Campion / Evening Lychnis seeds |
Echinacea purpurea 'Green Twister’ (3)- Move to new "Green and Blush" perennial border
Blue and White Flowers
Blue Flowers
annual in zone 5, but is a good self seeder, may not have to start seedlings every year
unique black stems and blue flowers
dead head for re-bloom, succession planting
Russian Sage Perovskia atriplicifolia
Cranesbill Geranium 'Rozanne'
Alium Azure and Zamin- Brecks (fall planted bulbs)
Blue Didiscous
-Trachymene coerulea -
Johnny's
White Flowers
continuing the Delft (blue and white) theme, need some good white flowers
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