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I live in Albuquerque,NM and we're planning a party on April 5. I want our garden to look its best.?

Which perennials or annuals should I plant and how soon can I start planting? I would prefer flowers and low maintenance plants. We installed a 15X10 Syn Lawn in the middle of the backyard. The front and both sides of the backyard are now ready for plants and a drip system was also installed for 20 plants.

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1. Get the ones you like best from your local nursery or ones they suggest. Sink the pots into the ground and after the party you can move them if there are better or more preferred spots.
2. Garden Plans, scroll down the screen and click onto a plan: http://www.bhg.com/bhg/category.jsp?categoryid=/templatedata/bhg/category/data/gardenplans.xml
3. Hyacinth- lovely and strong fragrance and comes in blue/lavendar, white, pink, and red. Daffodils- the narcissus variation is beautiful, but the scent is quite faint. Tulips- these beautiful flowers are very popular this season, and come in many varieties of colors.. Delphinium- quite pretty. http://www.gardenguides.com/plants/info/flowers/annuals/delphinium.asp Petunias- beautiful delicate flowers, these look espescially pretty in white. Lily of the Valley- little bell-shaped flowers. Forget-me-nots- lovely blue flowers.
4. Hi: Besides annual and perennial flowers there are a lot of evergreen shrubs you could plant that will give you some nice color and texture for you April 5th party. Your climate zone is seven and I am also in zone seven. A lot of these evergreen shrubs are low maintenance and could really dress up your area on either side of your lawn. One thing to think about is blending your plants specimens with your color scheme of any outdoor features or your house colors. (your siding, brick, shutters,etc...) Here are a few suggestions: Chinese Pizazz or Loropetalum - dwar is the Ruby Mop Cypress Globe Arborvitae Azaleas (great spring bloom) Indian Hawthorn Gardenias I will link you to the gallery of plants section of my website. This has a variety of pictures of shrubs as well as trees, annual and perennial flowers. There are brief descriptions as well as climate zones. This may help you get some ideas for you beds. I will also link you to the site map as this page has everything that is on the website, Browse through and you may get some tips or techiniques on planning - prepping and planting your landscape area. Think also about doing some outdoor features such as a bench, bird feeder or bird bath. A small fountain adds such a nice touch to a garden. I hope this has helped some and if you need any further suggestions, please feel free to contact me at the website. Good luck to you and have a great day and a wonderful party! Kimberly http://www.landscape-solutions-for-you.com/Gallery.html http://www.landscape-solutions-for-you.com/Site.html