Jared77
Garden Addicted
So finally have taken the steps to improve things here. Ripped out the front row of retaining wall blocks since they were not doing anything but make it difficult to mow. Seriously 1 row of blocks won't do anything. Blocks crumbled so recycled them into the gravel driveway.
Also tore out the burning bush that someone planted literally on the very corner so it had nowhere to grow and it just crowded the porch. That's compost. That thing bugged me ever since we bought the place. Terrible planning on someone's part.
There were maybe a dozen Stella D'Oro day lilies that I dug up and saved.
The grey fence is an X pen (for those who have puppies) or collapsable play area for my son to cruise around in.
The bed was originally about 2ft from the edge of the porch and followed it around to the side of house. The faint brown line is the edge of the newly expanded bed.
Side view. There are 2 jack mani clematis that are going on the side railing here.
There is a weeping cherry tree that I planted 2 yrs ago (we've been there for literally 3 yrs now in a couple weeks) the rock is a polyester well cover. The little rock was one I found in the yard it's nit normally stacked up like that.
Going to rototill the rest of it I did the original bed first.
Picture of the pots on our rail.
Biggest thing now is filling in the blanks. We have other day lilies to add, some iris, but after that we have a lot of plants to fill in the gaps.
Southern exposure, LOTS OF SUN. We have put no shortage of sun here. Zone 5-6 but usually plan on zone 5 to be on the safe side.
Ideas? Suggestions? What would you do? My wife prefers pastels when plants bloom and goal is a well planned out perennial bed.
One thing is probably no roses. My wife likes them but really don't want to have to plan the bed around them and their needs. Eventually I'm going to do a rose bed in a different spot all together and it will be designed for roses.
Fire away.....
Also tore out the burning bush that someone planted literally on the very corner so it had nowhere to grow and it just crowded the porch. That's compost. That thing bugged me ever since we bought the place. Terrible planning on someone's part.
There were maybe a dozen Stella D'Oro day lilies that I dug up and saved.
The grey fence is an X pen (for those who have puppies) or collapsable play area for my son to cruise around in.
The bed was originally about 2ft from the edge of the porch and followed it around to the side of house. The faint brown line is the edge of the newly expanded bed.
Side view. There are 2 jack mani clematis that are going on the side railing here.
There is a weeping cherry tree that I planted 2 yrs ago (we've been there for literally 3 yrs now in a couple weeks) the rock is a polyester well cover. The little rock was one I found in the yard it's nit normally stacked up like that.
Going to rototill the rest of it I did the original bed first.
Picture of the pots on our rail.
Biggest thing now is filling in the blanks. We have other day lilies to add, some iris, but after that we have a lot of plants to fill in the gaps.
Southern exposure, LOTS OF SUN. We have put no shortage of sun here. Zone 5-6 but usually plan on zone 5 to be on the safe side.
Ideas? Suggestions? What would you do? My wife prefers pastels when plants bloom and goal is a well planned out perennial bed.
One thing is probably no roses. My wife likes them but really don't want to have to plan the bed around them and their needs. Eventually I'm going to do a rose bed in a different spot all together and it will be designed for roses.
Fire away.....
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