hey mx ... wonder where rouge is.. eh???

anyway.. any chance you are ready.. or the garden is ready.. for a post on the new house.. before and after pix of your relandscaping????

that second pic looks like you already softened the angularity of the dark brown house ....

plllleeaaassssse ... lol

ken

Hey Ken -- there are some pics in the thread prariemoon started re: best/worst time to review your garden on the perennial board.

The front looks a lot better than it used to, but it's still kind of a mess. I have to save my Ps&Qs to get it professionally done -- porch, walkway, beds, the whole nine yards. Some of that is actually necessary LOL! The porch is very narrow and a hazard - I've almost fallen off it if multiple times - and it's crumbling. I have in my head what I want (curving walkway) but will work most likely with the guy that did that spectacular patio at my other house, he's out of Ann Arbor.

Anyway, the back is coming along, but have some things to re-arrange (of course...) but take a look at the pics in the other thread.

Just saw this now! Thanks so much for thinking of me mxk3.

That zinnia is stunning.

(Is the yellow flowered plant just adjacent to the zinnia a perennial....maybe "Sunshine Daydream" or "Happy Days" or.....?)

Good eyes Rouge -- it's "Happy Days" helianthus. I thought HD was supposed to get taller, but actually it worked out that it seems to want to stay that height -- it and the zinnia frame the zebra grass nicely.

Way in the back of the pic the left - that bit of yellow peeking out is a heliopsis "Tuscan Sun".

it's "Happy Days" helianthus.

I have had this plant for many years now. It is excellent.