All, I'm a newbie, bear with me...Home location is somewhere between Zone 5/Zone 6, in the Midwest. Generally hot and humid during the summer, with a few potential below zero dates in the winter.
SO--We moved into a new house. Leading up to the front door, there are two 10' long by 32" deep planting beds, with rock. They formerly housed a line hedge of holly bushes, manicured into rectangles.
We removed the holly bushes, as they were massive and made the entry feel cramped. Our house has white horizontal siding, and is facing west/southwest (more west than southwest). Both beds get a fair amount of afternoon sun. The beds line a concrete walkway to a covered 'porch' of a walk-out ranch home. Everything is white.
We recently planted an attempt at a low-maintenance, water-friendly landscape in front, including: Karl Foerster, Tall Sedum (Autumn Joy), Pennisetum, and eventually a trio of dwarf mugo pines this fall.
Now that I have decided on a base (granted, most will probably find it boring but I have a 1 year old and not a lot of time or money to devote to large-scale gardening at this point in my life) I want to include some color around the front door, that could possibly extend to other parts of the bed within reason.
My ideas at the moment:
1) Mexican Feather Grass (taller layer), with veronica royal candles planted in front, towards the sidewalk
2) Veronica Royal Candles in back, mixture of sedum Angelina, and sempervivum varieties in front. Larger decorative rocks interdispersed...
3) Mass planting of Mexican feather grass, or other 'soft' looking grass.
4) Rock garden only with assorted sedums, hardy agave, and sempervivum
My only concerns: 1) Anything large, tall, and/or exceptionally mounding, will recreate the cramped feeling the ivies had, and visually narrow the space
2) Grasses that are too large will cut into the concrete and make the walkway narrower/look sloppy.
3) Need plants that can withstand hot, humid, dry conditions with clay soil. This area likely will receive less rain than other areas (overhangs and such).
Thanks in advance for your opinions or advice!
S.
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