Northeast Gardening: Projects 16, 3 by Pfg

Pfg wrote:
I agree with you, Rosemary, the red foliage on the Euonymus Alata isn't attractive to me any more- reminds me of an angry flush. I'm going to focus on getting rid of as much as I can next year.

Now that I have more than enough perennial beds, and many are fairly well established, I've started paying more attention to what's going on elsewhere. This summer we (I had some temp help) worked on rogue vines- bittersweet, rosa multiflora, Virginia Creeper, Apios Americana, and I don't know what else. Also, now that I've finally noticed the Bottom Lawn, I realized that there's the remnant of a short path through the trees to an open section of the brook, the one that diffuses into what becomes the summer meadow at the edge of the lawn. Amazing!

1. The path starts just to the left of the big tree trunk. Recently I had a huge patch of Flag and other weeds cleared, and planted a Viburnum Opulus Sterile, some Red Twig Dogwoods, and a small Clethra. I plan to put the new Acer Sengokaku there in the spring.
2. This is the view from the house. We can just see the dogwood now from this window. The Maple will really show up, especially in the cooler seasons.
3,4. The flowing stream. Hah! And I thought I was getting to the end of the big projects!