Sounds wonderful Sierra, I love those colors that's why Michaelmas Daisies are one of my favorite flowers, maybe my favorite. I've thought about doing a pink, mauve, purple with a punch of white bed with grey and dark foliage accents. Hmmm, maybe the front lawn will be taking a hit. DH would love that as he's the one that pushes the lawn mower around. Can't wait to see what you create.

Annette

Sounds wonderful Sierra. I hardly ever make plans, I just sort of plop things in after getting an idea to put something or other here or there. I think I'm a garden-as-you-go type of gardener, doing it on a shoe string.

GottaGarden ~ does have me thinking about her red-bed, and since I did get some red castor bean seeds in the seed swap, there's a start. Not sure where I will work this in yet. I may just add some reds into borders. I do have quite a few pinks in various shades all over.

After seeing everyone's wonderful gardens, it really does make one look at their gardens and see what you would want to add or change in yours. I've been inspired by everyone's gardens to add lots more color to my green tropical, cottage gardens.

Have fun with your plan Sierra. I also look forward to seeing your creation.

FlowerLady

Yup, this group provides a lot of inspiration! Purples, blues and whites will be lovely in your new pink bed. I've been jazzed by everybody, too. But I won't plan as carefully as you are doing, Sierra. Even if I made a plan, I probably wouldn't stick to it. I'm more like Flower in the way that I do my gardens.

I am clearing two new large spaces for all of those seeds I bought. The new plots are outside of the houseyard, where the dogs can't get to anything. The only one unfamiliar to me is Canterbury Bells. Everything else is tried and true: pansy, petunia, snapdragon, poppy, lupine, aster, hollyhock, columbine, stock, larkspur, moss rose and nasturtiums in a variety of colors.

I'm very excited about the four Ceanothus bushes I ordered from an Oregon grower. They are for the long bare strip along my driveway. They are slow growing, but hopefully, will ultimately provide a nice flowering evergreen screen of about forty feet. The far end is probably going to wind-up being agaves and yuccas. I also ordered a Vibernum.

I worked on clearing for over an hour yesterday. Then I remembered Kathy's recent experience, so I quit. I don't want my eyelashes to hurt.

Lorna

We need pictures...get working on it!!!! :)

Annette, Out with the lawn. lol

FlowerLady, I don't usually plan a design for my own garden. When I am working in other people's gardens the designs are done formally and presented and the work completed as they wish. My own garden, I pretty much buy or grow seed of plants that I like....then find a place for them......I usually use the plunk method and hope it looks good there. haha

Lorna, you will have to show us your new gardens as you move along with them. Canterbury bells are easy to start from seed. The only things on your list that I am not growing from seed this year are canterbury bells and hollyhock. I have considered the hollyhocks for the pink area, but they usually get rust here and don't look very good.

Keesha, Ohhhh I have started working on it...Of course my garden is covered with 5 or so feet of snow. However, I have decided on many of the plants I am going to use. Plus I am starting many of them from seed. The delphs and lupins and catanache have already been sowed indoors under lights. The siberian iris and daylilies have been ordered, and the shastas and purple and white iris are already in my garden, just have to be split come spring.

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The only reason I am using a plan for this side, is because I hate to be out on that side. The plan is to get that work done as fast as possible, so I spend as little time out there as possible. That neighbour is truly awful, even with a 6 foot fence and a lilac hedge between us. I am hoping that the lilacs will grow another 2 feet or so this year. Most of them are just about 6 feet tall now. There are a couple of shorter ones a little further back.....I had other bushes there that had to be replaced. I also thought this colour scheme would be more mellow considering the situation on that side. Now who wants to bring me 6 yards of compost. hahahaha. DH is going to love this. ;-)))

Sierra

Here is the start of my pink garden plan...

astilbe 2 kinds
bleeding heart 2 kinds
dahlias starting from tubers
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daylily
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Delph
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Dahlia from seed
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Lupine
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other sprouts from seed
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Sierra

Your plans sound really wonderful, Sierra. I'm looking forward to seeing pictures as you go along.

MeMo

Hi MeMo, it will be quite a while before the snow is gone and I can actually work in the yard....but by then these little plants will be ready for their new home. I also have several more dahlias that haven't been potted up...the tubers will just go in the ground at planting time.

Now hurry along spring!!!! LOL!

Sierra

I hope spring does arrive quickly for you, Sierra. At the very least I hope you start getting temps in the 40's so all those giant snow piles will melt.

Our snow is pretty much gone but it's still going to be a while until it's warm enough to actually plant something outside (2 more months).

I'm glad that you have all those pots of sprouts to keep you occupied for the time being!

MeMo