Landscaping Question

[volfanhill]

Wife and I are looking to rip all of the landscaping out of the islands on the sides of our front walk. We want to replace everything with flowers. We would like to do orange and white checker boarding. Any suggestions on what type of flowers we should go with? We live in Atlanta.

 

[SpecialKVolfan20]

I believe one of those beautiful homes along the river in Knoxville did that with petunias.
It was gorgeous and smelled heavenly!

 

[golfballs]

What kind of light do those beds get?

 

[golfballs]

Want to plant annuals or perennials?

 

[volfanhill]

Want to plant annuals or perennials?

Perennials and good light

 

[volfanhill]

Bump

 

[TC 83]

Violas—-they’re good for fall and winter. I do solid white and orange ones in my beds.

 

[Jackcrevol]

White Salvia, (Sage) Hardy, loves sun. Orange coneflower (Echinacea)

Spring: Orange and white dwarf azalea.

 

[Volunteer_Kirby]

Plenty of good orange & white blooming perennials. The whites are numerous so you should have no problems there. Orange, plenty of options as well...bulbous plants like tulips, daffodils, crocosmia, hemerocallis, alstroemeria, fritillaria,cannas... dahlia, peonies too maybe. others i can't include due to zone restrictions but you might have luck with some zephyranthes cultivars in protected areas.

Then the more common perennials like agastache, echinacea, asclepias tuberosa, lantana, globe mallow... should be easy to track down.

Annuals you can improve areas with...poppies,marigolds, zinnias, pansies, violas, nasturtium, mums, gerbera daisies, impatients, etc

Not sure if you can find lions tail but thats a great one for late summer-fall

 

[Volunteer_Kirby]

Some decent orange roses out there too

 

[JFreak]

Plenty of good orange & white blooming perennials. The whites are numerous so you should have no problems there. Orange, plenty of options as well...bulbous plants like tulips, daffodils, crocosmia, hemerocallis, alstroemeria, fritillaria,cannas... dahlia, peonies too maybe. others i can't include due to zone restrictions but you might have luck with some zephyranthes cultivars in protected areas.

Then the more common perennials like agastache, echinacea, asclepias tuberosa, lantana, globe mallow... should be easy to track down.

Annuals you can improve areas with...poppies,marigolds, zinnias, pansies, violas, nasturtium, mums, gerbera daisies, impatients, etc

Not sure if you can find lions tail but thats a great one for late summer-fall

You're the Bubba Gump of flowers.

 

[Go aeiou]

Plenty of good orange & white blooming perennials. The whites are numerous so you should have no problems there. Orange, plenty of options as well...bulbous plants like tulips, daffodils, crocosmia, hemerocallis, alstroemeria, fritillaria,cannas... dahlia, peonies too maybe. others i can't include due to zone restrictions but you might have luck with some zephyranthes cultivars in protected areas.

Then the more common perennials like agastache, echinacea, asclepias tuberosa, lantana, globe mallow... should be easy to track down.

Annuals you can improve areas with...poppies,marigolds, zinnias, pansies, violas, nasturtium, mums, gerbera daisies, impatients, etc

Not sure if you can find lions tail but thats a great one for late summer-fall

Perennials will require a lot of area, and work. Seems difficult to keep the checkerboard blooming. ? Just a mix of orange and white maybe not so difficult. Perennial gardening is not easy though. Dam weeds.