Quote Originally Posted by early morning View Post
Hi, CG! Sounds like you've found a good niche. I like gardens and native plants, but I'm pretty lazy, so mostly we just have "messy" landscapes, lol. iris, congrats! Those lilies look amazing! I mostly have daylilies - they are easier. no staking needed!! But I must admit, they are not nearly as stunning as some of the Asiatics.
I have plenty of daylilies and other easy plants to fill in the landscape and add different colors. I planted crocus right into my front lawn, and they bloom and are done long before the grass awakens from winter.

One way I like to use the 'easy' plants (daylilies, hosta, wild geranium, bee balm, native sunflower, and more) is to fill in areas I have recently reclaimed from lawn until I find new plants I want to add. They quickly establish a sort of frame, so that the space looks landscaped while I'm still working on it.

I mostly add new spaces by covering the lawn with cardboard or old cotton clothing that is suitable for nothing except the rag bin, and then about 4 inches of mulch (which I can haul for free from a county site). The cotton clothing lasts longer as a weed barried than cardboard, and those areas are generally available for planting a year later.