The nice thing about having a large perennial bed is being able to enjoy a wide variety of plants. Our berm is "L" shaped and is 100 feet long and almost as wide. We've planted pine trees that will eventually completely dominate the base of the "L" (If they don't already) with ornamental grasses anchoring top leg. Mountain Laurel and other shrubs and small trees are also in this area, but the blooms in a flat area of bed contain blooming perennials like peonies, hydrangea, lavender, iris, creeping phlox, rose of sharon, poppies, hollyhocks, delphinium, russian sage and, of course, black eyed susan.
Above are some pictures of what is in bloom today. From top: poppy, iris, foxglove. As Karen and I were weeding the bed and taking down a couple of small dead trees (victims of a harsh New England winter) I noticed that in addition to what is blooming right now, the lavender is budding out. In a couple of weeks, we will have tons of sweet smelling lavender blooms.
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