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30 year old house. In my third growing season. Still A LOT of work to do. Gardening in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Zone 7b. E-mail me at gsmith@email.com with comments!
Thursday, January 15, 2004
Gearing up for my third year! But first, a little catching up........
Wow, it's the new year already. Ok, so I've been lazy about posting. But don't think for a minute that I've been lazy in the yard. Well, maybe a little bit. It's been 3 1/2 months since my lasy post. There's no way I can go over everything.
I cut down all 6 of the cypress trees that died. I replaced them with 6 fragrant osmanthuses (how do you spell that? maybe I should just say "tea olives"). I moved them forward about 8-10 feet from where the cypress trees were. They shouldn't get so wet there. I also planted a holly in the vicinity. It's a large one; about 15 feet high eventually. This was done in late October probably.
I planted a few daffodils in early December. I cut down a couple of trees in late December. I have been wanting to cut them down for awhile. These were near the road. They somewhat blocked the view of the azalea bed under the oak tree. But they also made a mess. I could sure use a chipper to chew up all of these trees.
I planted a tree form lorapetalum in the square bed. The main reason is because I really do not have anything evergreen in there. There are some irises that have so far stayed green, and the verbena I have in there hangs on in a bronzy / burgandy state. I am not exactly sure how tall this plan will get. The tag said 6', which is an approximate size of a lorapetalum. But does that include the "trunk"? And how tall will the "trunk" get? Well it should look different, if nothing else. We'll see how it goes.
Orders have been sent to Pinetree Garden Seeds and Bluestone Perennials. I will post more about my orders and plans next time. Happy gardening!
Wow, it's the new year already. Ok, so I've been lazy about posting. But don't think for a minute that I've been lazy in the yard. Well, maybe a little bit. It's been 3 1/2 months since my lasy post. There's no way I can go over everything.
I cut down all 6 of the cypress trees that died. I replaced them with 6 fragrant osmanthuses (how do you spell that? maybe I should just say "tea olives"). I moved them forward about 8-10 feet from where the cypress trees were. They shouldn't get so wet there. I also planted a holly in the vicinity. It's a large one; about 15 feet high eventually. This was done in late October probably.
I planted a few daffodils in early December. I cut down a couple of trees in late December. I have been wanting to cut them down for awhile. These were near the road. They somewhat blocked the view of the azalea bed under the oak tree. But they also made a mess. I could sure use a chipper to chew up all of these trees.
I planted a tree form lorapetalum in the square bed. The main reason is because I really do not have anything evergreen in there. There are some irises that have so far stayed green, and the verbena I have in there hangs on in a bronzy / burgandy state. I am not exactly sure how tall this plan will get. The tag said 6', which is an approximate size of a lorapetalum. But does that include the "trunk"? And how tall will the "trunk" get? Well it should look different, if nothing else. We'll see how it goes.
Orders have been sent to Pinetree Garden Seeds and Bluestone Perennials. I will post more about my orders and plans next time. Happy gardening!
