Thank you, just what I needed to brighten up this foggy, dreary looking morning. No snow to speak of here yet, and the groundhog didn't see his shadow, is it wishful thinking that we might actually have a spring, never mind an early one this year? As always Brenda your flowerbeds are an inspiration.

Annette

Brenda,

Your garden just gets more beautiful every year!! Thanks so much for sharing your pics. A great treat during these dreary Winter months.

Evelyn

Thank you! - its always a pleasure to see your garden!

What gorgeous pictures, you have done a beautiful job!

That is a most beautiful, gorgeous garden! And I also love that barn!!!

Really lovely gardens. Lush and such beautiful colors you've put together.
Cher

Very beautiful - I love it. I would go with blue on the bench to contrast all of the warm colors.

Another job well done. How old is that border? For that matter, how long have you been gardening on your property, and how much property do you have? It looks fairly flat from your photos and like you have sectioned it off quite nicely for different types of gardens (all of which make me swoon). Seems like you have a nice expanse of property to really have some fun!

Everything looks wonderful. I needed all that color today!

THanks everyone! I should add that this REALLY is a low maintenance bed. In the fall I go through with a weedwhacker and cut everything down. In the spring I mulch every other year. That's it! No staking, and things are planted so tightly there's really no weeding. (well there are weeds, but I just ignore them, they can't compete well with these hardy plants.)

The bed is probably 6 years old, and I've been at this house almost 10 years! Don't know how that's possible. Got 45 acres of gently rolling land, not quite flat, except around the barn.

I really can't throw plants away. And I didn't know what to do with all those gold and oranges that I didn't really care for. So they wound up here in the "reject bed". When I started, I didn't really care for orange that much, now I love it and am looking for more. Funny, but our tastes do change over the years.

Brenda, I am so with you on colors: oranges were a big no-no in my garden, and now I can't get enough of them.
Your gardens are an inspiration! You must have more then 24 hours in a day - how do you manage it all?!
As far as the chair is concerned - I would go with a pop of purple.
Thanks for the beautiful pictures.
~Natalie

Amazing Brenda! I am blown away.
So, how often do you have to water this area? Do you have a sprinkler system/soaker hose in the area to take care of watering for you?

Is that an Inula in the back of your yellow bed?
Is that Spirea 'Ogon'? Love the texture.

I'm in love with your light yellow bed. Light yellow is a favorite color of mine, particularly in the garden. I've always wanted to do a space devoted to light yellows, but with a few pops of blue and white (just cuz' I love those colors together!).

Superb Brenda! Thanks for showing...
CMK

Pretty, pretty, pretty. I like the idea of a reject bed. lol.

Fantastic!!! It's making me so ready for spring.

Thanks guys!

Christin, no watering needed, I just let rain take care of it. These plants are all pretty tough and don't need extra water. (daylilies, shasta daisy, black eyed susan, outhouse plant, echinaceas, etc.) If they're not tough, they don't make it. This is my almost no maintenance bed.

Yes, that is cup plant (inula) that a friend gave me. Spriraea ogon is my favorite, I have it in several beds, it's stunning in all seasons. My patio bed is also soft yellows, whites, and true blues; I love those colors together.

I'll probably go with a dark purply blue for the bench, watch for it in next year's photos.

I so wish I had a border like that again. I'm just no good at it anymore, and I've tried twice. But seeing your photos just makes me want to go out and buy trunk loads of Black Eyed Susans and Daisies. Like you say they are so hardy and reliable once established. Sigh.

That is amazing for a "reject bed"! Very pretty and wonderful it's so low maintenance.

Inspirational!!! I GOTTA do the mass planting...so far I have been a plant here and there gal!

Absolutely gorgeous!!! I love it all! Is that eremurus poking up in the one picture? It is labeled Foxglove but it sure looks like eremurus! It must be heaven for your polinators and birds!
Joann

Your photos of these beds got me started on my yellow and orange craze. They made me realize that I needed some white to make it all cheerful and pretty rather than hot and dry looking. Each year when my gold, white, and orange cosmos bloom I think about your beautiful barn beds.
Renee

Brenda,

As always, your photos are a delight! What a beautiful garden you grow!
kay

Oh my gosh, how beautiful and lush. Your gardens always look wonderful!

FlowerLady

Beautiful! I don't know if I could get by with no water, but probably low water...thanks for the inspiration. It's so nice to see such sunny colors, in the middle of winter :)

Beautiful...I'd go with the blue bench to make it "pop"..