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9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago

I live in NE Alabama. I want to plant some blooming plants against the front wall of the house. There is about 5ft x 60ft of space. The front faces SE, the area gets the morning sun through some tress up to around noon. I want perennials with some blooming starting in early sprint to fall. Last year I planted some wild flowers and all bloomed but many were too tall and by fall it looked like a weed garden, so this year Im tilling the space and spraying roundup to kill everything left. Im looking for ideas of what to buy that are not too tall but colorful and bloom through the year. Can someone help me?

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  • 9 years ago

    Hydrangeas and azaleas. You have more choices with annuals. Torenia (one of my favorite flowers for shade), impatiens, caladiums, and coleus offer lots of color and aren't tall. Dark purple torenia with red impatiens is a beautiful color combination. Double impatiens look like mini roses and come in several colors.

  • 9 years ago

    If you're talking about foundation plantings, Encore Azaleas are a pretty good choice. If you have 5' between the house and the edge of the bed, you are pretty good to plant those in the middle of that 5-foot span. You can edge with annuals or short perennials (the ones suggested are good as long as you don't have to worry about deer munching on impatiens) and it will be good. Something tall and evergreen at the corners, such as a Sky Pencil Holly is always nice to break up a long row of anything, and a hydrangea (Limelight would be good or Annabelle) will offer pretty blooms in summer but most need sun and are deciduous. Low growing yew (spreading Japanese plum yew) is a good choice for an evergreen to fill in at the front. Without a lot of sun it will be slow growing and you can trim easily.

  • 9 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    There are 2 Encore Azalea bushes at the front door. Far right is a Japanese maple on the right of it is a Gardenia bush. The tall spindly things are roses. Im going to pull the roses except maybe the one on the right of the door. The reason I put them there is the sun bakes them every year when they were in front of the Trellis. I want flowering color all year but not too tall. I pulled out a yew that had a trunk almost 9" thick, no thanks. The previous owner had a holly tree on the left higher than the house. The Japanese maple is higher than the house and was planted too close I trimmed it back a lot. They also had a lot of red buds and some other bush that was trimmed too much and was higher than the windows and trunks 1" thick, and spindly and spreading everywhere. I had to pull them all out. They also had monkey grass in there that took over all the ground. and was spreading to the yard. I guess I forgot, We don't want annual that we have to plant every year. Looking for perennials.

  • 9 years ago

    There are multiple varieties of yew, many which get quite large. The one I'm talking about is low growing and spreads slowly. Only gets about 2' or so high. Look it up, or not if you're set with what you want or don't want already. Do your plant/shrub research before planting anything is my advice. Not just for height but for water requirements, etc.

  • 9 years ago

    Sorry, I don't know of any perennials that give flowering color all year, especially in shade. You may find some that bloom for a season, but most will only bloom one time per year. You may want to think about attractive foliage instead of flowers.

  • 9 years ago

    I wasn't looking for just 1 but one for spring and one for summer and one for fall or combinations.


  • 9 years ago

    Daffodils should be blooming nor but you plant them in the fall.

    they should come back year after year. Day lilies bloom in some shade.

    whats growing in your neighborhood? Some neighbors like to share.

  • 9 years ago

    We have daffodils on the side in the sun and nobody else has any plants. Houses are 600 feet off the road and most have trees in the front some you cant see through.

  • 9 years ago

    Thats what Im looking for thank you