Hi Annie. The blooms on the weeping cherry are only at their peak for about a week and then hang on for another week as the tree really starts to green up. If I can get the tulips to go for the same 1 to 2 weeks, that is the best that I'm hoping for. The WOW factor is going to be fleeting. I need to think about other perennials that I can put there for later, but I'm having a hard time coming up with something that I can decide on. The bed is in the middle of the cleared area around the house, so it is one of the few places that actually gets sun. Almost all of my experience is with wooded shade so I have choices there that I don't have anywhere else. Maybe that would be a good spot to get the low growing geranium 'Rozanne' and something a little taller like campanula 'Elizabeth' to fill in for the summer. I have a few 'Rozanne' in the shade, and they don't perform anywhere near the potential that they would in a sunnier spot. The 'Elizabeth' is one of my favorites - it was a pass along plant from a friend and it is a prolific self seeder, so I have lots. I think I'm having a hard time deciding because I have the opportunity to put something very new to me there. I tend to stick with the pastel shades of pink and purple. I like other colors in other gardens, just can't bring myself to like them in mine LOL. Do you have any recommendations that I could put there?
