2016
In 2016, I only made two new garden areas:
- I slightly enlarged the Peony Border to add an area for irises
- I also re-designed the North Border to make two areas, for Winter interest and Summer interest
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| The newly planted Iris Border, with poppies, alliums and lilies for later interest. |
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| The new curvy front section of the North Border is now for flowering plants during Spring, summer and autumn. I call it the Summer Border. |
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| The back section of the North Border now consists of only evergreen trees and shrubs, with a few pockets of early bulbs, in a heavily mulched bed. I call that part the Winter Border. |
Also, I realized in late 2015 that I had a problem with some invasive Obedient Plant
Physotegia (or
Disobedient Plant, as I like to call it now). I had to dig out my entire Front Border and two sections of the Rainbow Border, and spray any O.P that came up for more than a year.
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| Before: Invaders! |
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| Work In Progress.... |
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| Not very interesting now, but this "Nuclear Option" had to be resorted to. I'm hoping in 2017 to be able to plant again in a new design focusing on bulbs, annuals and only a few perennials. |
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| The biggest project we did in 2016 was an indoor gardening project: I had my front porch enclosed into a sunroom! Now I don't have to pine for springtime all winter; I can surround myself with green plants all year 'round. |
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| House plant acquisition as just as addictive as outdoor plant buying..... |
Beth, another fascinating look at the process you went through to create your stunning garden. All the work! but completely worth every ounce of sweat. I'm stunned. :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Karen -- I'm sure your timeline would be at least as labor-filled as mine. I bet if you looked back, you'd be stunned at all your own work. :-) Thanks for reading, -Beth
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