Thanks for your reply, @ess77. Geraniums are a favorite and the color combo of your red/hot pink with tall saw grass sounds like a show stopper. In my area, snaps are easy to grow and the second yr, they spread and become a much larger display.

Is anything better than free? lol I "found" my med sized white stones dumped by my alley dumpster. No idea how many trips or buckets it took to bring them into my yard. They line one of the three large beds in back and in that area is the new tilted whiskey barrel with bright salmon ivy geraniums and blue salvia. This bed also has early bulbs, bee balm, strawberries, fushia cannas, succulents I can't remember the names of..shoot a monkey, coreopsis, cosmos, yarrow and May Night salvia and white perennial mums.

Laughing at the "dust" notes; at least those would stay in place unlike the many written ones I jot down and then spend far too much time looking for! Alas, I thought better dust preventing installed windows that can be lowered to wash more easily would solve my dust problems. I appreciate that they are easier to clean but am disappointed that they continue to allow dust to accumulate. However, my area is "known" for its frequent dust engendering gales. Hopefully you are in a less dust producing area!