I am very excited to be a part of the planning for updating the plantings for our neighborhood entrances.
HOA Requirements
- Drought-tolerant (after establishment should have no additional watering requirements)
- Perennial (do not want to replant year over year)
- Cost considerate
My Requirements
- Pollinator Friendly
- All year color / interest
- Structure
- Meets light requirements
- Must tolerate temp extremes in raised beds
Color Scheme of Sunny beds
- purple – May Night Salvia and lavender, liatris spicata for mid-summer purple, nepeta
- yellow – happy coreopsis
- light blue
Structure
- Upright ornamental grass (karl foerster)
- Mounded ornamental Stipa tenuissima (mexican feather) with its airy movement or Achnatherum
- evergreen euonomys or low-growing creeping juniper like Blue Rug or Prince of Wales
Entrances
Ken Caryl and Pierce
- Upright narrow evergreens on either sides of sign, ex Medora Juniper
- Evergreens below sign like boxwood or eunoymous.
- Mounded Ornamental Grasses Miscanthus or Achnatherum
- Shorter shrubs (Potentilla, Blue Mist Spirea)
Shade Entrances
- Below signs brunnera or hosta depending on moisture levels
- Shade tolerant lily
- Bushes with summer and winter appeal Red Twig Dogwood or Holodiscus Dumosus Bush Rockspirea
- Upright evergreens (need more research)
Example plantings
Hi again, Jenny~
I’m wondering if you received the message I sent earlier this AM? Have a good day & Happy Easter!
Charlotte
Hi Jenny~
I saw your website in the April HOA newsletter and had a quick look at your info. I’m sorry I didn’t get back to you immediately. Thank so you much for offering to help the neighborhood. Your ideas are wonderful. I love the purple and yellow color combination and all the variety. It’s all very exciting!
You have a new neighbor across the street from you who enjoys gardening. She’s out of town right now, but I will see if she might be interested in helping you with your project (if you would like). I can probably recruit others, too.
My best wishes go with you and your project. Hopefully, you get any help you need. Most sincerely, Charlotte
Thanks much Charlotte! I am trying to find time to get out to each entrance and get measurements. Will probably not get started for another few weeks, but will give you a call when I know more about what we will do when!