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Im looking to do some garden landscaping & in need of some websites that I can maximize every bit of space that I have.

Im start'g on the side yard 1st & have put in my 2 trees & some sod & put in a drip system. But now I need to frame the area around the sod & my trees & in between the 2 (roughly 26'x22').
But not sure where to put the flowers. I intend to use a total of 30+ varieties as this will be my Master Garden.

Is there a website that will let me create this on my own by color? Im only using shades of Blues, Pinks, & Purples and White and a Purple Alyssum as a ground cover.

Or any websites that could/would show me layouts that have been sketched & used to give me some ideas?

Im think'g of mixing a Mediterranean Garden, a Country Garden, & Arizona Native Garden for my Master Garden.

WTF every happend to paper and pencil -
Draw the thing out - map out your own paths, plants and features - don't limit yourself to what's in a web tool.

+ Don't forget to draw the walls and do a vertical plan for climbers, creepers, bamboos and cover - think colour too.

You need books -

Get the pots and features you want and arrange them in the space - real space - work out paths and bushes - then draw it up.

2007-06-09 11:03:10 by Bridget E

The Lowe#39;s Creative Ideas team shows viewers how to get much needed shade out of their backyard landscaping ideas by incorporating shade trees ...

I want to make a butterfly garden in the front yard of my house. There is a pretty big tree so there is plenty of shade. I do know that the yard was previously landscaped but the previous tenent let it get out of hand so I just want to do something that will look good Thanks for the answers!!

Adult butterflies are attracted to sweet, sharp and fragrant smells and the colors orange, yellow, pink, purple and red. All varieties love wild flowers & need both nectar plants and larval food plants to keep their life cycle going. Your tree will provide a nice wind protected area. If you add a birdbath, that would provide some water for them.
http://www.ccenassau.org/hort/html/butte rfly_garden.html
Plants for butterflies
http://www.geocities.com/farfalla247/pla ntlist.html
Alpine rockcress (Arabis alpina)
Aster (Aster)
Bee Balm (Monarda)
Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Bugle (Ajuga)
Butterfly Bush (Buddleja davidii)
Campion/ Catchfly (Silene)
Caragana/ Pea tree (Caragana aurantiaca)
Campion/ Catchfly (Silene)
Catmint/ Catnip (Nepeta x faasseniii)
Chives (Allium schoenoprasum)
Columbine (Aquilegia)
Common marjoram (Origanum vulgare)
Daisy (Bellis perennis)
Day lily (hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus)
Field eryngo (Eryngium)
French marigold (Tagetes patula)
Geranium (Hardy)
Golden rod (Solidago Canadensis)
Heliopsis (Heliopsis helianthoides)
Hemp agrimony (Eupatorium purpureum)
Honesty (Lunaria)
Honeysuckle (Lonicera x tellmania)
Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis)
Ironweed (Vernonia spp.)
Knapweed (Centaurea)
Knautia Scabious (Knautia)
Lavendar (lavandula angustifolia)
Lilacs (Syringa spp.)
Leopards-bane (Doronicum)
Ligularia (Ligularia spp.)
Martagon lily (Lilium martagon)
Masterwort (Astrantia)
Mezereon (Daphne)
Mouse-ear (Cerastrium)
Pennycress (Thlaspi)
Phlox (Phlox paniculata spp.)
Pink (Dianthus)
Pincushion flower (Scabiosa spp.)
Primrose (Primula)
Purple coneflower (Echinaea purpurea)
Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
Ragged robin (Lychnis)
Sweet pea (Lathyrus)
Sage (Salvia)
Siberian squill (Scilla sibiria)
Snakeroot (Liatris spicata
Speedwell (Veronica)
Stoke’s Aster (Stokesia laevis)
Stonecrops (Sedum spp.)
Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
Thrift rose (Armeria)
Thistle (Cirsium)
Tickseed (Coreopsis grandiflora, C. lanceolata)
Vervain (Verbena spp.)
Vetch (Vicia)
Yarrow (Achillea)
Yellow chamomile (Anthemis tinctoria)
Viburnum (Viburnum spp)
Zinnia (Zinnia elegans)

This site's picks for attracting butterflies are Wonder of Staffa Asters with beautiful blue flowers, Wild Geraniums, Salvia Caradonna (a beautiful purple), & Sweet Lavander (for sunnier spots)
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article /30441/flowers_that_attract_butterflies. html?page=2

A variety of blossoms offer nectar to adult butterflies, while leafy food sources, such as parsley, nourish the larvae. "Butterfly bush" lures butterflies of all sorts.
http://www.bhg.com/bhg/story.jsp?storyid =/templatedata/bhg/story/data/butterflyg arden.xml

You may want to select your plants by the type of butterflies you wish to attract. If your favorite butterfly is the Monarch, you must have Milkweed for these caterpillars to feed on. If you like Black Swallowtail, plant dill and/or parsley. Silvery Blue butterflies prefer Lupines .The Milkweed plants come in beautiful colors:
http://www.ocala.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artic le?AID=/20070210/BIGSUNHOMES/202100303/1 170/HOUSING
http://www.butterflyencounters.com/store /products.php

Host plants for the caterpillars of specific butterflies:
http://www.greendealer-exotic-seeds.com/ seeds/HowtoButterflies.html

Good Luck! Hope this is helpful.

2008-01-11 11:24:30 by Taz

Price: $19.95 $14.96

The tree is over 30' tall. I am hoping to put in a shade garden under it once the branches are pruned. The branches are laying against the ground and have killed all of the grass so I thought that the location is a perfect place for a nice landscape accent.

No, it will seal itself. I did the same thing a couple years ago but nothing really flourishes under my pine tree. Just don't cut anymore than a third off the tree. If you are cutting the branches all the way back to the trunk, I don't think that it matters what time of year you cut. If you are just trimming, they say it should be done in the fall so that the new buds can set for the following year.

2007-05-16 07:56:53 by Curt K

Price: $5.99

Hi! I have a small plot in my backyard that is the shape of a half circle. Its about 8x4 9x4 ish. So its not a tiny vegatable garden but its not huge. The straight side of the half circle is also one of the sides that create our sqaure concrete patio. So it comes right off of the concrete almost creating this shape--- [ ]D. I thought a path right through the center surrounded by flowers maybe with stones. But im not in love with the idea. I love colors, i live in in seasonal new jersey and the plot gets a good amount of sun with slight shade from a near by tree. Any ideas would be sooo appreciated, pictures would be beyound helpful. Nothing to extravagant though, im only 16 =]


Thanks!

I agree splitting the space with a path would limit what you can do with the space. If it is possible to buy additional compost that is the place to begin. Most flowering plants need plenty of organics in the soil to feed them and retain water in the soil between when you water. Also since you have a lovely place to sit consider the planting bed a frame to your space.

Choose one or two complementing anchors to the site. Usually compact shrubs or a small specimen tree. I like to work with a vertical shrub rose that grows in a vase shape. Rising above the soft billowing shapes of the flowering plants, the more definite forms and striking foliage of shrubs and small trees can anchor the color themes of a border.
Just as a shadowbox organizes small treasures into a unified collection, a select group of shrubs can form a small bay to enclose and feature a plant collection.
To begin think on terms of a color you like such as bronze with old gold and earth tones. Or hot summer spices cerise, paprika, and chartreuse paired with deep maroon or burgundy. Next think of texture. Some leaves are so shiny that they seem to have a coat of wax; the glossy leaves of holly and the shiny foliage of Glossy Abelia. Other foliage absorbs light like velvet does, silver lamb's ear can make a soft edger that invites fingers in to touch and calm down a bright riot of color.
A tall backdrop of Smoke tree, Cotinus coggygria, 'Royal Purple' or 'Grace' at one side and a Rosa glauca at the far corner set the seen. Plant a filigree of bronze fennel between to filter and add a translucent veil across the view beyond. If you banked the soil so it sloped up to the back it could raise the plants farther and cradle your patio within its arc.
Plant between with blue-gray rue [Ruta graveolens] or the hardy plumbago [Ceratostigma] with reddened foliage and late blue flowers.
For fill look up Achillea 'Terracotta', 'Fanal', 'Faust'
Crocosmia's, 'Solfaterre', 'James Coey' or 'Culzean Peach'
Dahlias for blooms into September like 'Summer Night' and 'Black Spider' and my favorite 'Bishop Landaff'
Include bulbs to begin the bloom in March with Iris reticulata, then early single tulips in April, followed by late singles that flower in May.
http://www.rainyside.com/features/plant_ gallery/shrubs/Rosa_glauca.html
The Rosa glauca only blooms once so grow a little viticella clematis up its branches for a second bloom in the summer.

Another pair of anchors could be Rosa 'Mutabilis' and the stems of Cornus 'Midwinter Fire' for winter interest. With Verbena bonariensis between as the back drop veil.

Peach is one of those colors that complements so many others. Think of luscious shades of melon, apricot, and coral. Blue is the complementary color so imagine cool blue spires of Veronica incana and Salvia superba 'Blue Hill' in contrast in both color and shape to the soft rosy peach blossoms of rose 'Pat Austin'. By surrounding them with companions that echo one or more of those tints, such as lilies 'Alpen Glow' or 'Peach Butterflies' and the summer foliage of Spirea bulmaldii 'Goldflame'.
Set blue Color echoes in plants-pots of Nasturtium 'Tip Top Apricot' on the patio. For this setting start the season with 'Gypsy Queen' hyacinths and 'Apricot Beauty' tulips paired with a blue scilla or grape hyacinths. Finish the season with bronze balls of dahlia 'Crichton Honey' for a striking combination that lasts until first frosts.

Color echoes in plants.
Spirea magic carpet has cerise tipped bright gold foliage in spring that settles to a more subtle gold green in summer with dark pink flowers.
Dianthus gold dust- matches spirea flowers or the black-eyed magenta flowers on Geranium ‘Ann Folkard’.

Carmine blossoms Clematis ‘Ville de Lyon’ paired with
Wine purple English rose ‘The Prince’ or English rose 'Charles Rennie Macintosh' Clematis like to climb and do well climbing up through a rose or a small tree.
http://www.naturehills.com/new/articles/ rose_and_clematis_companions.aspx
http://www.kengourley.com/rosecompanions .html
Fronted with Erysimum linifolium ‘Wenlock Beauty’ a dark-leafed evergreen wallflower. Bronzy mauve, buff yellow, and rosey pink 4-petaled flowers in spring. Trim back well after flowering to keep from sprawling.

Hemerocallis 'Druids Chant' & 'El Desperado' with
'Ballistic' a standard dwarf bearded iris- Yellow w/ striking, wide claret purple bands

2007-05-20 13:22:32 by MintyMolly

Anyone have info on where I can find listings of native plants for Long Island --

Listed by:

1) All Native (here for millennia)
2) Now native (species imported before say 1950 now so ubiquitous they are "naturalized" citizens of the Island)
3) Imported but well researched to assure they are not pervasive and destructive to native species
4) Just look good so I do not care -- I don't get my hands dirty anyway - "I have dominion!"

Ideally indexed for North vs. South Shore
Perennial vs. Annual
Sun vs. Shade

If sustainable and responsible gardening is to thrive here, unbiased non-commercial info on the types of plants and mixes to form attractive gardens and landscapes for the varied microclimates of Long Island will be a great help.

I would put in the time to sort and index any helpful replies.

Thanks

P.S. I had my ego removed in Marine Corps boot camp (recruit training), so I have no problem with folks knowing more correcting or clarifying anything I post or ask.

I'd check with Cornell University Cooperative Extension. they have a listing of gardening resources for each county in New York.

2007-07-24 07:09:00 by bill organic