Front Flower Beds

A small flower bed along the fence line at the end of the front yard, with dusty miller, two shades of purple petunias, my stella d’oro lily, impatiens, and other annuals. This bed is being shaded on one end by my snowball bush, which is huge. This bed gets plenty of sunshine in the spring before the snowball bush leafs out, and is planted with lots of iris and tulips, and I always add a few annuals after the spring bulbs finish flowering. Next year, I’m going to plant this bed with coleus, more impatiens, and other shade loving annuals. I think I’ll move my stella d’oro lily to a sunnier spot. Edited to add: I have completely changed these front flower beds, connecting them to create one long, curving border along the fence line. Click here for my current Flower Beds post.

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This is the large snowball bush currently shading most of the front flower bed, when it was flowering in late spring. It is at least 15 feet tall and half that wide, and just keeps growing and growing… :-) I’ve had it for years, and love it, but it sure is shading one end of the flower bed all summer.

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The edge of the same flower bed, along the side of the front yard. I think the purple petunias and the yellow lily make a nice color combination. I also have some red geraniums and pinks along with the dusty miller in this bed, but the purple and yellow combination really stands out.

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Closeup of one of my buttery yellow Stella D’oro lilies. These are so pretty! I love this color, and wish I had more of these flowers. I’m looking forward to dividing these clumps and spreading them around throughout the yard. Click any of the photos for larger versions.

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