MAY? Already?? :-)
So far, from the list of 40, we have:
Thyme
Rosemary
Sage
Coneflower
Lavender
Peony
Boxwoods
Hellebore
Snapdragons
Daffodils
Butterfly bush
Holly
Buttercups (growing wild in the yard)
Coming later (I have seeds to plant):
Zinnias
Calendula
Not on list of 40:
Calibrachoa - planted already - deer resistant, not deer proof (no problems last year)
Need to find: Lantana - resistant, not deer proof - no problems last year
On my list for my metal beds (a work in process):
Larkspur
Monkshood
Bleeding Heart
Foxglove
Salvia
Tithonia (Mexican sunflower - not on list of 40)
Hollyhocks (generally deer resistant, not on list of 40)
We have one spot (hostas in front pots) that are a gourmet salad bar for deer - I had to cover them at night late in the season last year after a deer ate half a pot. I used light agricultural cloth that was easy to use.
In our meditation garden we have tulips, daffodils, grape muscari, stonecrop, allium, bleeding hearts, Jack Frost brunnera, peony, meadow rue, Japanese painted fern, Christmas fern, beardstongue penstemon, false sunflower, garden phlox, turtlehead Chelone (added last fall), winterberry holly, coral bells, Joe pye weed, lupine, plumbago, Anna’s Pink Verbena, candy corn Spirea, weigela, coreopsis, variegated hostas, perennial bachelor buttons, obedient plant, a small butterfly bush, incrediball hydrangeas, virburnum, crepe Myrtle little shrubs, blue flag iris, ajuga bugleweed, with arbor vitae to block the view of the neighbor’s driveway, and two redbud trees.
There are a few things more that I can’t think of right now. Some of those are things I just planted last Fall, and are coming in slowly (the crepe Myrtle especially). It’s starting to look a little like a botanical garden. I need to take the furniture to be powder coated, which will be a 3 week backlog on the schedule.
Right now the allium is in bloom (visible from the street) along with one of the penstemons, a recently purchased lupine, and coreopsis, the stonecrop (sedum ternatum?), the verbena, coral bells, meadow rue, as well as the bleeding hearts. Oh, and the peony is just starting to open, too. Very pretty view from our sunroom. Differing shades of purple, lavender, pinks, reds, yellow, white, and blue are out there right now. Makes me happy!
This is just one garden area on our property. Because it’s visible from the street, I’m trying to keep it visually appealing, so I have gone heavy on the blossoming plants. Each will take their turn in season to be a star (I hope anyway!).