7100 N. Greenview Avenue

7100 N. Greenview Avenue, the Tracy Garden.

This garden is featured in the 1992 Annual Fall House Tour.

Present (1992) Owner: Tracy and Jennifer Tracy.

The front garden is the result of years of experimental planting. Through a process of trial and error, a combination of annuals and perennials were planted for the 1992 season.

Plants were chosen for color, durability, and longevity. The Tracy's motto is: "grow or go." They selected low maintenance flowers which require watering only. Fertilizing is optional, and NO pruning. No fuss, no muss.

Spring:

The garden on either side of the porch is a perennial bouquet of purple iris and Clematis, edged in white Potentilla.

The fire hydrant is circled in a variety of perennial purple geranium.

Summer - Fall:

The eight trees in the parkway are circled with shade-loving annuals: pink Impatiens, and Silver Dust. The contour of the house is planted with perennials: fifty-eight Silver Mound and forty-eight Fuschia and white Chrysanthemum. Each corner of the garden is crowned with a cluster of five pink rose bushes.

Yucca plants were selected for the corners of the property because of the all-year green color and durability.