We’re sore and tired but content with the satisfaction that comes from an honest day’s work. It’s been a few years since we’ve planted for the better part of a day but we did it. Mike prefers sailing to gardening, but at the start of our marriage, he designated himself the resident hole-digger. Am I ever lucky!
The plants near the house went in quickly. The soil is free of roots and was easy to work. The challenge was the planting area under the neighboring pine. I cut away several surface roots before digging was under way, but the roots are invasive, in some cases two inches in diameter. We ended up tag-teaming the larger holes, digging a little, cutting the roots and then digging some more.
We made a quick run to the local Home Depot for redwood mulch, but underestimated by about 10%. Otherwise, the planting and mulching are done.
I can’t wait to get started on the vegetable beds!
Plant Legend
Corner Near Steps:
Heuchera micrantha ‘Palace Purple’ Coral Bells
Liriope muscari “Variegata” Lilyturf
Phormium hybrid ‘Maori Sunrise’ New Zealand Flax
Hemerocallis hybrid ‘Evergreen Yellow’ Daylily
Under Window:
Azalea kurume hybrid “Hino crimson” Azalea
Campanula poscharskyana Serbian Bell flower
Heuchera micrantha ‘Palace Purple’ Coral Bells
Liriope muscari “Variegata” Lilyturf
Fence Line:
Abutilon hybridum ‘Flowering Maple’
Campanula poscharskyana Serbian Bell flower
Back Corner:
Campanula poscharskyana Serbian Bell flower
Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’ Japanese Frost Grass
Hemerocallis hybrid ‘Evergreen Yellow’ Daylily
Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Nikko Blue’ Garden Hydrangea
lovely garden!
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Thank you, Betsy.
How was your trip, by the way?
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Thanks for the tour, and a pleasant tour it was. But . . . there’s something missing. Us! You know who I mean. The garden party crowd. Did I say “party?”
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Yes. Yes I do. Once we work our way through schools out and birthday season (all the men in the house have birthdays in May and June) I can turn my attention toward another garden party. July???
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