I've been following this thread hoping to get ideas.
I especially like Paul's cactus bed. Summer was so hot, maybe I should get more into cacti, yucca, etc.
I don't have plans for new palms in 2011. I like what I have and want to focus on growing it up.
I'm designing a narrow garden path on the north side of the house. I want to do small blue-foliage plants to make the entrance to the riotous pool garden all the more shocking.
Along the west wall, I am thinking of fragrant plants--mostly herbs--to let scent in to the bedroom window.

This time of year, I crave anything green, so I also plan more BLEs. I made a pass through my favorite garden center today. The photo below shows their BLEs in a poly tube for the winter.

The lady in charge recognized me and asked about my bananas. Good marketing segue into her BLE collection! 😆

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As over used as they are, heavenly blue morning glories are one of the nicest blues on a flower (natural) IMO. Can himalayan poppies grow there?

I hear you craving green. Here there only green are pine trees, which can only last so long when half the native trees here are some sort of pine 👿 Im a little short on ideas myself for reliable evergreens here. I wont find out how well the bamboo will be till next eyar, when i leave a culm exposed. im expecting results very similar to paul.... This winter, what is getting me by, is picturing the "skeleton" of a dawn redwood that should be here next year 😈

My plan...to run around with the least amount of clothing possible! 😀

I hope to move a couple of things, plants some wind-break trees and plant more stuff in AZ. I can tell it is going to be a sad spring in Idaho. 😡

I have to try and figure out what to do with a section of the yard. Its a prodomently east facing way, and south ( think half a rectangle). There is a small house, which blocks alot of the sun from going to the ground all day. In the summer, it gets direct sun for 3 or 4 hours ( morning sun). The only problem im having, is that 3 feet up the wall, is full sun for at least 5 or 6 hours a day.

Off the top of my head, the only things that really like full sun, yet cool soil are clematis.

I've held off several times answering this question.
Daughter is getting married herethis September, so I'll have to concentrate to annual flowers (big time) 😕

I've never been even remotely interested in growing flowers.
But the palm hobby will have to take a back seat this year.

...and then there's the worry about weather mid-September :dontknow:

Will enjoy reading/seeing everyone else's projects.
Barb

im in the same boat barb, im still not into floewrs to much, but ive leaerned how importiant they are to a garden, so grudgingly, i have some planted LOL

Hopefully my musas outside will survive, they are under snow right now. I will also bring the large pups outside to plant around the gardens. They are way cool those musas. I am really into flower gardening, but want to work with a lot more flowering shrubs and things that are less maintenance like bulbs etc....Can't wait for spring! Honestly! 8)

Barb,
congratulations!
That is very exciting.
It will make a fun change of style, gardening-wise, for you this year. Keep us updated. --Erik

Congratulations! 8)

Thanks, but I'd prefer to line the driveway with 10 foot palms versus annuals 😀
Barb

LOL I hear ya there!! Well at least the annuals are usualy one year only....

Be careful with 4 oclocks. Super nice plant, and is root hardy to zone 7, but self seeds quite prolificly here..........

Do you have any ideas as to what to plant for it??

I got my seed order that was apperantly lost in shipping.... I recieved an email saying they gladly re shippped the order yesterday. And i look in the mail... the original order shows up!!!!!! So I may get 2 orders !! ( it was shipped decenber 6th, not yesterday)

Passiflora Incarnata ( best chance i got with a passiflora)
Pauliwnia tomentosa ( gotta try it here)
Mina Lobata ( sometimes called Ipomia lobata, look it up.... very sexy 😈 )
Brugmensia "Summer sunrise" ( flourecesnt orange fowers, going a bit darker towards the outside of the pedals)

Since I need easy to grow flowers (for people who hate flowers) went with only two: cosmos and osteospermum.
Seeds are ordered.
Wish they were palm seeds :cussing:

Having a heck of time with my palm seeds this winter.
T.wagnerianus popped, then died, probably old seed.

Nannorhops, Pritchardia and Cyrtostachys haven't popped (the last one is a long shot anyway).
Barb

edit: our posts crossed.
Lost in shipping? More likely frozen solid to the mailbox. 😆

LOL, im waiting for a ton of seeds to sprout, 3 kinds of trachy, chameadorea, eucalyptus, 6 or 7 random fruits ** ugh LOL

Mabey look into some dahlia tubors? Some get quite large, you just dig them up and store them like canna. Or give them to your daughter so she can plant her wedding flowers from the yard.......

Cosmos are easy. Same with annual poppies ( try california poppies, might do better in your drier climate, but id look it up myself)