[Wneighbor]

Thanks for the links. I love the perennial grass notion. Got a perfect spot where the rosemary was too. I had forgotten that I’ve got a lot of Mexican petunias that need thinning here and I’ve got some beautiful wormwood that I can take cuttings quickly that have already layered here.

Came home from up there with a stomach bug and wasted my day yesterday so as soon as I get back from voting in our primary I’m getting on that today.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Glad you liked the perennial grass idea. I'm working on a grass, evergreen and rose combo in an old perennial bed that was abandoned/ignored for the past 20 years. Beau absolutely HATES roses, becausue he has a pasture full of the wild ones that do nothing but irritate him and the cows, LOL! I promised him I would be sparing on the roses and he wouldn't have to do any of the pruning. This is what I have in mind, but on a much SMALLER scale. All white shrub roses, though. (Blanc Double D'Cobert.) I already have the spreading Juniper and a young Heritage Birch Clump that I planted last year, so I'm working around/with those elements. I want either a big bird bath or a piece of garden art in there, too. I can see this bed from my kitchen sink window, so it's all for ME!

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Feel better soon! :)