Are your flowerbeds planted haphazardly or orderly?

**homesteadmamma** · 01-13-2006, 04:29 PM

I have a bit of both in my flowerbeds. One I've just planted haphazardly and let the flowers do their own thing. The other two are pretty orderly with tall flowers in the back,shorter next and shortest first.

There is a lady here who has the most disorganized flowerbeds I've ever seen. She is quite happy with her flower gardens though and spends many hours in them. Guess that is all that matters.

**jlxian** · 01-13-2006, 04:37 PM

Mine are put together very haphazardly. I don't especially like it that way, and for the last few years I've planned to do some rearranging so things are more orderly (tall in the back, short in the front), but not yet.

**Sara Noel** · 01-19-2006, 01:25 PM

Mine are orderly, but I still find myself moving plants all the time.

**canadian gardener** · 01-19-2006, 01:44 PM

I like the border to be tidy but the flowers to have a casual floppy comfy style and sort of duke it out with each other.

**Michelle** · 01-19-2006, 01:46 PM

Orderly for the most part

**Katybird** · 01-19-2006, 02:07 PM

Orderly in the beginning but sometimes the perennials take a mind of their own and get a little haphazard.

**jlxian** · 01-19-2006, 02:55 PM

Originally posted by canadian gardener
I like the border to be tidy but the flowers to have a casual floppy comfy style and sort of duke it out with each other.

Good description, Margery!!! I call that a cottage garden look --- which I am striving for.

**momof42003** · 01-19-2006, 06:47 PM

Totally haphazardly... I think that is why DH doesn't typically like gardening... I am too diorganized...LOL

**jlxian** · 01-20-2006, 11:49 AM

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Originally posted by canadian gardener
I like the border to be tidy but the flowers to have a casual floppy comfy style and sort of duke it out with each other.

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I love this look --- and its one I actually strive for --- a Country Garden?

**paelthom** · 01-20-2006, 01:16 PM

Mine tend to start out orderly and then get wild. Ours have a more natural, rustic look - very country. I've tried to organize them a bit, but mother nature tends to take over when I'm not looking.