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Colorful plants and foliage
Posted on 6/6/19 at 11:41 am
Posted on 6/6/19 at 11:41 am
I have a long fence line that I want to plant stuff along. In short, I am looking for a wall of color that changes throughout the year. So far I have the following list:
Crepe myrtles
Azaleas
Day lillies
Knockout roses
Burning bush
Gingko biloba
Florida sugar maple
Camellia sasanqua
For ground cover at their base:
Purple jew - setcreasea
The area is roughly 100 yards long, 20 yards wide, in full sun, has a line of trees behind it (pines and oaks), and is in Covington. Once they are established, it is pretty much mother natures job to water them except during droughts or excessive heat. I will fertilize them.
Any suggestions to the list would be appreciated.
Crepe myrtles
Azaleas
Day lillies
Knockout roses
Burning bush
Gingko biloba
Florida sugar maple
Camellia sasanqua
For ground cover at their base:
Purple jew - setcreasea
The area is roughly 100 yards long, 20 yards wide, in full sun, has a line of trees behind it (pines and oaks), and is in Covington. Once they are established, it is pretty much mother natures job to water them except during droughts or excessive heat. I will fertilize them.
Any suggestions to the list would be appreciated.
This post was edited on 6/6/19 at 12:54 pm
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Posted on 6/6/19 at 12:13 pm to jimmy the leg
Kaleidescope Abelia. Great medium bush that changes leaf color
Posted on 6/6/19 at 12:15 pm to jimmy the leg
Oleander
Posted on 6/6/19 at 12:16 pm to jimmy the leg
I really love Firepower Nandina. No upkeep other than a prune to keep shape you want once in a while. Nice chartreuse color in spring/summer and red in late fall/winter months.
also like
Dwarf Agapanthus
Shishi Gashira Camellia
also like
Dwarf Agapanthus
Shishi Gashira Camellia
Posted on 6/6/19 at 12:22 pm to jimmy the leg
Chaste Tree - almost neon blue blooms in May and June.
LINK
You might also use a few Maiden Grasses for textural interest and will give you a nice plume in the fall.
LINK
You might also use a few Maiden Grasses for textural interest and will give you a nice plume in the fall.
Posted on 6/6/19 at 12:46 pm to Shotgun Willie
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Kaleidescope Abelia. Great medium bush that changes leaf color
Thanks. I am not familiar with this but it sounds great.
ETA
Oleander is something that I should have considered. Thanks Coach.
Firepower Nandina.
Looks awesome. Again, it is something that I should have considered as well.
The camellia looks beautiful. Ditto the agapantga. Thanks Tiger.
This post was edited on 6/6/19 at 12:50 pm
Posted on 6/6/19 at 12:53 pm to Zappas Stache
I have wanted to know the name of that tree for awhile. Thanks sir. Ditto the grasses...a great suggestion.
Posted on 6/6/19 at 12:53 pm to jimmy the leg
Good list. Shoal Creek Vitex - pretty small flowering tree, comparable to crape myrtles. Do the pines and oaks provide any shade or a little filtered light in the afternoon? If so, limelight hydrangeas (also a LSU AgCenter Superplant Plant) put on a pretty show during the summer, but they might like a little PM shade or filtered light if your below I-10. That’s also true of of the camellia sasanqua.
P.S. you might want to look over the entire list of AgCenter Superplants.
ETA: I noticed that the AgCenter has not updated their website at the link above to include the 2017, 2018, and 2019 list of AgCenter Superplants - I’ll contact them to see if they can update the link below b/c I can’t seem to find a website or newsletter to link where they are all listed at one convenient site, and there are some good selections to consider from 2017, 2018, and 2019. You might also consider googling Mississippi Medallion Plants - their list of recommended landscape plants would also perform well in Louisiana.
LSU AgCenter Super Plants
P.S. you might want to look over the entire list of AgCenter Superplants.
ETA: I noticed that the AgCenter has not updated their website at the link above to include the 2017, 2018, and 2019 list of AgCenter Superplants - I’ll contact them to see if they can update the link below b/c I can’t seem to find a website or newsletter to link where they are all listed at one convenient site, and there are some good selections to consider from 2017, 2018, and 2019. You might also consider googling Mississippi Medallion Plants - their list of recommended landscape plants would also perform well in Louisiana.
LSU AgCenter Super Plants
This post was edited on 6/7/19 at 8:31 am
Posted on 6/6/19 at 12:56 pm to CrawDude
Full sun. Thanks for the link.
Posted on 6/6/19 at 12:57 pm to jimmy the leg
If you have dogs, you may want to steer clear of oleander. It's extremely poisonous to dogs.
Posted on 6/6/19 at 1:03 pm to jimmy the leg
A mixed flowering perennial border is a lovely thing.
+1 on the vitex, but know that it's gonna turn into a huge shrub/almost tree, and thus throw shade all round it.
I love yesterday/today/tomorrow, aka brunfelsia pauciflora. Old garden plant that's tough as nails once established. Slow-growing, so you won't be pruning every other season.
How about some good ol' fashioned shasta daisies in the foreground? Most of the year, the plants are inconspicuous and 3-5" tall. But they send up flower stalks and have cheerful white and yellow daisies for a 4-6 week period in early summer...then the stalks die back, and the plants go back to being inconspicuous. They're drought tolerant and spread pretty quickly. Almost weedlike in growth habit & easy to divide the large corm/root if you want to spread more around.
+1 on the vitex, but know that it's gonna turn into a huge shrub/almost tree, and thus throw shade all round it.
I love yesterday/today/tomorrow, aka brunfelsia pauciflora. Old garden plant that's tough as nails once established. Slow-growing, so you won't be pruning every other season.
How about some good ol' fashioned shasta daisies in the foreground? Most of the year, the plants are inconspicuous and 3-5" tall. But they send up flower stalks and have cheerful white and yellow daisies for a 4-6 week period in early summer...then the stalks die back, and the plants go back to being inconspicuous. They're drought tolerant and spread pretty quickly. Almost weedlike in growth habit & easy to divide the large corm/root if you want to spread more around.
Posted on 6/6/19 at 1:16 pm to jimmy the leg
I like petra crotons. They're colorful year round:
This post was edited on 6/6/19 at 1:17 pm
Posted on 6/6/19 at 2:55 pm to jimmy the leg
I'm in the process of doing something similar keep the ideas coming!
Posted on 6/6/19 at 2:57 pm to CoachChappy
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Oleander
Beautiful but extremely toxic to pets and children if eaten
Posted on 6/7/19 at 7:21 am to jimmy the leg
I’d avoid the setcresea. Doesn’t really mix with the other choices and it’s super invasive
Posted on 6/7/19 at 8:18 am to jimmy the leg
I am building on 3 acres and have the same situation with a long 400’ edge near an embankment that needs planting. I really appreciate all the ideas posted in this thread.
Posted on 6/7/19 at 3:48 pm to jimmy the leg
lantana
drift roses (I just planted 3 popcorn drift roses)
Mexican bush sage
drift roses (I just planted 3 popcorn drift roses)
Mexican bush sage
Posted on 6/7/19 at 6:30 pm to jimmy the leg
quote:
I love yesterday/today/tomorrow, aka brunfelsia pauciflora.
I second this! Beautiful bush that puts off white, light purple and dark purple flowers. Amazing scent as well.
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