Before the Project

The garden area looked like this at the start of the project

        







Design Discussion

The growing season starts off in the spring with a show of Daffodils (Narcissus). Unlike tulips, daffodils are deer resistant. Although daffodils do not require to be separated annually, every few years the bulbs should be dug up and the small, new bulbs growing from the parent bulb should be replanted. The only annual maintenance daffodils need is to cut off the withered flowers. Do not cut off the green leaves once the plants are done flowering, as they are needed to create food for the roots.
As the daffodils start to wither, the foliage of the other plants in the design starts to fill in, making the thick, straight leaves of the daffodils less noticeable. Yarrow's (Achillea filipendulina) leaves are gray-green and feathery, resembling that of a fern. Goldenrod (Solidago) has medium green lance-shaped leaves. The leaves of the Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) will not appear until very late spring, but will resemble those of Goldenrod. Russian Sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia) is known for its’ fragrant, tall, thin, silver-white stems and foliage.
The sunny flowers of the Yarrow will be the first of the summer flowers to appear in this design. The flat flower heads make perfect landing pads for butterflies. Yarrow comes in many different colors. I chose yellow because it will work well with the other colors in the design. By taking just a few minutes every now and then in early and mid-summer to snip off the spent flowers, this lovely perennial will bloom all through summer. Late in the summer stop cutting off the dried flowers. They are very attractive in the fall and winter. The only care Yarrow needs is to be divided every three or four years.
After the Yarrow starts to bloom, the Butterfly weed and the Russian sage will begin to bloom. Butterfly weed comes in shades of orange and yellow. Butterflies love the tiny clusters of flowers. This plant needs absolutely no maintenance, not even division. The Russian sage will get small violet-blue flowers up and down its’ white stems. If you rub your hands on the stems they will smell similar to menthol.
In the fall these plants continue their show. The Yarrow’s dried flowers continue to stand tall above the fern-like foliage. The Butterfly weed gets large tan seedpods. The Russian sage continues to bloom into fall. Once a hard freeze hits, the silver-white stems of the Russian sage continue to shine in the sun.
Fall is the time for the Goldenrod to steal the show. It gets bright yellow to golden colored flower panicles. Goldenrod does not cause hay fever. Ragweed, which often grows near goldenrod in the wild, is the source of hay fever.
Fall clean up is easy for this planting. Leave the dried Yarrow flowers and the stems of the Russian stage standing for winter interest. Cut the remaining plants to the ground with a weed-whacker, rake-up the cuttings and dispose of them. In approximately late February, cut the Russian sage stems and dried Yarrow flowers off and dispose of the cuttings. This will make way for the new spring growth to start, repeating the blooming cycle.

After the Project

How does it looks based on computer simulation ?

In the spring, like this:       And in the fall, like this:     In the summer, like this
         

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