graphic designer : Eve ThyrumLOCATION : Wilmington , DelawareLIGHT : High , filtered shadeSOIL : Loamy , moist , well - drained grime due to an initial doubledigging with compost several years ago . The bed is now regularly mulch with chopped farewell and given supplementary water during dry spells in the height of the summertime . size of it : A misshapen triangular bed roughly 25 foundation ( back ) by 30 ft ( leave side ) by 37 feet ( front )
“ This bed was designed to welcome and to make one find cozy and enclosed by being wall with interesting , unusual planting . I just do n’t like the feeling of traveling along a barren walkway to the front door - it ’s so dusty and boring and by all odds unwelcoming . ”
WHAT TO con FROM THIS PLANTING:1 . Make your Edgar Albert Guest experience snug and welcomed before they even get to the house.2 . Use a aslope line from the driveway to pull in the eye right to the front door.3 . Embrace shade . nicety - bonk plant are more textural and expect less dividing , deadheading , and staking.4 . A work bench along a route acts as both an decoration and as a place to intermit and absorb the garden.5 . Containers within a seam offer different heights and textures .
PLANTS:1 . ‘ Rose Bud ’ azalea ( Rhododendron‘Rose Bud ’ , Zones 5 - 9)2 . ‘ Aureomarginata ’ hosta ( Hosta montana‘Aureomarginata ’ , Zones 3 - 9)3 . Heritage ® river birch ( Betula nigra‘Cully ’ , Zones 4 - 9)4 . Taiwanese wild pep ( Asarum splendens , Zones 5 - 9)5 . ‘ Eternal Flame ’ hosta ( Hosta‘Eternal Flame ’ , Zones 3 - 9)6 . Epimedium ( Epimedium×warleyense , Zones 5 - 9)7 . ‘ Cinnamon Sticks ’ hosta ( Hosta‘Cinnamon Sticks ’ , Zones 3 - 9)8 . ‘ Little Honey ’ oakleaf hydrangea ( Hydrangea quercifolia‘Little Honey ’ , geographical zone 5 - 9)9 . ‘ Choo Choo Train ’ hosta ( Hosta‘Choo Choo Train ’ , geographical zone 3 - 9)10 ‘ Paradigm ’ hosta ( Hosta‘Paradigm ’ , Zones 3 - 9)11 . ‘ Erythrocladum ’ striped maple ( Acer pensylvanicum‘Erythrocladum ’ , zona 3 - 7)12 . ‘ Sundowner ’ phormium ( Phormium‘Sundowner ’ , Zones 8 - 11)13 . ‘ Yellow Wave ’ phormium ( Phormium‘Yellow Wave ’ , zone 8 - 11)14 . ‘ Blue Shadow ’ hosta ( Hosta‘Blue Shadow ’ , zone 3 - 9 )
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