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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!
Sunday, May 16, 2004
Sorry for 4 months between posts. Lots of work has been going on. First, a progression of my new patio:
August, 2003:
February, 2004:
May, 2004:
And another angle.
February, 2004:
May, 2004:
The area around the patio and the bed in the foreground are comprised mainly of hellebores, azaleas, and hostas. Some of the azaleas are encores. But as you can see, the beds are mostly only green right now. So this area will need more color. It also needs a lot of weeding and mulch. But I'll worry about that later.
And here's a progression of my rose bed.
November, 2003:
May, 2004:
The bed contain 9 roses (and 2 gardenias in the background). 4 butteryfly ("nearly wild") roses on the left and center. A knockout rose in the back center. A pegasus rose in the middle. An eyeopener rose on the front right. A rugosa in the back right. And the star of the rose bed is my green snake rose, planted on the right side. This picture does not do it justice. The remains of a snowfire rose is also in the middle, but it looks like it has died.
My new "wolf eyes" dogwood from wayside gardens:
Here is my new front bed:
Sorry for the extra grass in it right now. Seeds have been planted and I am a little afraid to use roundup on it. More mulch! More mulch! This bed has 6 weigelas, 2 wave petunias, 3 bee balms, 4 salvias, a sambucus, japanese maple, a poncirus "flying dragon", and some perennial sunflowers. Only the japanese maple was there before this spring.
Next time I hope to show some of the work being done in the back yard.
August, 2003:
February, 2004:
May, 2004:
And another angle.
February, 2004:
May, 2004:
The area around the patio and the bed in the foreground are comprised mainly of hellebores, azaleas, and hostas. Some of the azaleas are encores. But as you can see, the beds are mostly only green right now. So this area will need more color. It also needs a lot of weeding and mulch. But I'll worry about that later.
And here's a progression of my rose bed.
November, 2003:
May, 2004:
The bed contain 9 roses (and 2 gardenias in the background). 4 butteryfly ("nearly wild") roses on the left and center. A knockout rose in the back center. A pegasus rose in the middle. An eyeopener rose on the front right. A rugosa in the back right. And the star of the rose bed is my green snake rose, planted on the right side. This picture does not do it justice. The remains of a snowfire rose is also in the middle, but it looks like it has died.
My new "wolf eyes" dogwood from wayside gardens:
Here is my new front bed:
Sorry for the extra grass in it right now. Seeds have been planted and I am a little afraid to use roundup on it. More mulch! More mulch! This bed has 6 weigelas, 2 wave petunias, 3 bee balms, 4 salvias, a sambucus, japanese maple, a poncirus "flying dragon", and some perennial sunflowers. Only the japanese maple was there before this spring.
Next time I hope to show some of the work being done in the back yard.
