Landscaping: Need ideas please

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LollyJean Florence, KY (Zone 6a) August 22, 2009 09:29 AM	I plan to relocate this azalea after pruning this fall. I need some ideas as to what to plant here. The rhododendron is staying but the rocks (grrr) are history too. I'd like to fill in this entire area with plants/flowers. It has excellent drainage and gets nearly full sun until afternoon. Any ideas or suggestion are appreciated! View Larger
pirl Southold, NY (Zone 7a) August 22, 2009 09:35 AM	Lilies, peonies, daylilies, lupine, tall bearded irises, Japanese irises, dahlias...too many to list. Did you want shrubs or perennials?
LollyJean Florence, KY (Zone 6a) August 22, 2009 01:01 PM	Perennials mostly, but some shrubs to have green year round.
pirl Southold, NY (Zone 7a) August 22, 2009 01:03 PM	Google the "Encore" azaleas. You might like them. I do.
JulieQ Cullman, AL (Zone 7b) August 22, 2009 03:15 PM	That is an interesting layout of your house. It would be nice to see a "front" view. I am a little confused--are you pruning the azalea BEFORE you move it? If so, you would be pruning off next year's blooms. I can't see a rhododendron, unless it is planted with the azalea. (?) A lot depends on personal preference as far as design goes. BUT Since your house has a lot of angular design lines you may want to break it up/ soften it by incorporating rounded structures with "weeping" or mounding habits.
flowers_delight Leicester, NC (Zone 8a) August 23, 2009 12:44 PM	Lolly Jean, a nice crepe mrytle your choice of color would look great at the end of the house. The shrubs against the house need to be moved as they to me look like they should be in a place used for bordering the yard not the house. I would replace these with Rhodendron, mabe a red one they are georgious.other suggestions for low ground cover might be ice plant or phylox. Have fun, I'm excited for you.
LollyJean Florence, KY (Zone 6a) August 23, 2009 07:44 PM	Here is a view of the front of the house. Softening up all of the 'lines' is exactly what I want to do. View Larger
flowers_delight Leicester, NC (Zone 8a) August 26, 2009 07:17 PM	Beautiful place, just never cared for hedges in front of the house. nice natural flowing shrups and maybe slow growers like holy,euonymus,rodendron mixed with some ice plant or such would really make that place pop. But of course its just what you like and want to look at. Either way just have fun with it.
Lynnie6868 (Zone 5b) August 26, 2009 07:48 PM	This house looks like the perfect place for a Japanese style garden....a Japanese cut leaf maple, some boulders, a water feature (nice downhill slope for that)...but that's just me :)
flowerjen central, NJ (Zone 6b) August 27, 2009 08:48 AM	I would go with a modern or Japanese style garden also. That corner would look great with a Japanese Maple.

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