New! Front Flower Bed LOVE

So Jason got some composted topsoil delivered (2 yards), filled up the bed, and even gave me a gift card to buy flowers for Mother's Day. I have been loving every minute of this!

I don't usually get to design and plant a whole flowerbed at once.

Overall info:

* the bed will get full sun, like our veg. garden out back

* color scheme: deep pinks, deep purple, and yellow, with accents of white, lighter pinks and purples, and little bit of blue.

* attractive to bees and butterflies (I'm sure hoping!) I planted many things with that in mind, at least.

* mostly perennials, with some annuals filling in the gaps for now.

* no bulbs so far, except for the Asiatic daylilly transplanted from the back slope. May add those later...we'll see.

There are probably about 10 pictures too many on this post. Oh well. I couldn't resist.

Overview

I put in 3 peony bushes as the focal point, right where the wall starts to curve back toward the house.

I splurged on the big one in the middle (already has several buds about to bloom), then got smaller ones for each side.

 Left side, close to road

Right side, close to driveway 

What's in it, left to right:

These top view pictures might be a little confusing, since I was standing above the bed, but I think they show spacing really well.

far left, top view (facing toward street)
Top, l-r:
Salvia 'Rose Queen': transplanted from back slope
Candytuft [Iberis sempervirens]
Daylily [Hemerocallis] 'Stella D'Oro'
burgundy colored Asiatic daylillies: transplanted from back slope
Dianthus

Bottom, l-r:
Forget-me-not [Myosotis] 'Victoria Indigo-blue'
Shasta Daisy 'Becky' [Leucanthemum superbum] x 2
Purple coneflower 'Ruby Star' [Echinacea purpurea 'Rubinstern']

far left, front view: dianthus, coneflower, A. daylillies, daylilly

top view

top, l-r:

Daylily [Hemerocallis] 'Fragrant Returns'

Dianthus

Lobelia 'Riviera Springtime Blues' mix

Salvia 'Rose Queen' x 2 (same as mentioned above)

bottom, l-r:

Salvia 'May Night'

deep purple viola

Phlox 'Peacock Purple Bicolor' [Phlox paniculata] x 2

(same Forget-me-not mentioned above)

front view: salvia, forget-me-not, phlox, lobelia, dianthus

dianthus, salvia, daylilly

 

toward the middle, top view

top, l-r:

English Daisy 'Galaxy Mixed' [Bellis perennis]

petunia

purple verbena

white alyssum ?

blue lobelia

bottom/middle, l-r:

pansy

Peony 'Top Brass' [Paeonia lactiflora]

Forget-me-not

Purple coneflower 'Ruby Star' x 2

yellow viola

Salvia (pink color--can't remember official name)

front view

luscious purple verbena

LOVE this plant!

one more front view, just left of middle

verbena, petunia, and English daisies, with forget-me-not, Peony 'Top Brass', and pansies behind

middle, front view

Peony 'Shirley Temple' (the big one!)

 Paeonia 'Paula Fay' (on the right, much smaller)

English Daisy 'Galaxy Mixed' [Bellis perennis] x 3

purple Alyssum between E.daisies

 

just right of center, top view

clockwise, from top left:

white bacopa (should cascade over wall)

dianthus

purple wave petunia

lobelia x 2

Peony 'Paula Fay'

deep purple viola

forget-me-not

Phlox 'Peacock Lilac' [Phlox paniculata]

light purple viola

Salvia 'East Friesland' [Salvia superba]

looking toward middle, from driveway

dianthus, bacopa, phlox, salvia, violas 

Far right side of bed, l-r:

Salvia (mentioned above)

Alyssum 'Rosie O'Day' (pink)

Shasta Daisy 'LaCrosse' [Leucanthemum]

petunia

Daylily 'Stella D' Oro'

bicolor violas

 end of the line

bicolor violas, burgundy violas, interspersed with alyssum