Satrina0's Front Border garden

Garden Type: Frontyard | Sun: Full Sun | Soil: Silt

Most of these plants came with the house. Some of it is laid out pretty nicely, as in the photo, whereas other parts are kind of… “WTF?” We still don’t know what the previous owners were thinking when they put in the exponentially-expanding yucca that’s smack-dab in the middle of the front bed, or why they sandwiched a gorgeous Japanese maple between a giant, similarly-colored barberry and a burgeoning pine.

Eventually, the city is going to eat most of this bed and put in sidewalk. I’d like to see them take on the yucca.

Plantings

Karen's Siberian Iris

Iris sibirica

Sown on 20 May 08 These came from a co-worker... the roots smelle...
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Pine

Pinus

Sown on 06 Oct 07 I like this plant best in spring, when it shows...
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Daylily 'Stella D'Oro'

Hemerocallis

Sown on 15 Jun 05 I bought these daylilies because I'd heard that...
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Juniper 'Blue Star'

Juniperus

It's small. It's blue. It's juniper.
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Pine

Pinus

Probably a Mugo pine. I like it, although it's ...
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Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum

This is my husband's favorite plant. I'm fond o...
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Lavender

Lavandula angustifolia

Very possibly Lavendula angustifolia 'Munstead....
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Yucca

Yucca

I really want these things gone. I can understa...
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Barberry 'Royal Cloak'

Berberis thunbergii

Mixed feelings about this plant. We started out...
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Lithodora 'Grace Ward'

Lithodora diffusa

This groundcover has dark green leaves and blue...
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Boxwood

Buxus

I have no idea why this boxwood (and its compan...
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The Spooky Tree

Chamaecyparis nootkatensis

My husband calls this the "spooky tree." "Ta...
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Juniper

Juniperus

It's a juniper.
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Azalea

Rhododendron

This big white azalea bush is one of the two (o...
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Ornamental Grass

Poa

Blue. Four feet tall. Reseeds.
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Yucca 'Golden Sword'

Yucca filamentosa

The variegation on this (two-foot high) plant i...
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Unknown White-Flowered Groundcover
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Creeping Phlox

Phlox subulata
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