Mid-Atlantic Gardening: FIRST FLOWERS SPRING!!! Next time it might be summer!, 4 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Jeff--

This Salvia is a border Salvia. called--"Lady in Red". It grows nicely
and the small, red blooms catch your eye. Make lot of seed, which can be
collected and easily propagated from the seed.

The Fern has been there forever---there was another one just in front of it,
but I dug that one out and transplanted it to a front of the house bed--on the corner--
behind my Carpet Rose (see above). It will reside just behind the white,
wire fencing in happy shade. The other thing I planted there, along with the fern,
is a Brunnera "Jack Frost"..

OK! Just for YOU--wading through puddles--here is the pictures.
The first one is so you get the idea of where what is. From last June.

Went out and took some pics--avoiding the puddles in the back of my yard.
Didn't work--as you will see, right now it is like a floodplain.

Water always collects all along the bottom of the raised bed and also
to the right. There is no drainage in this area to speak of.

In the 1st picture I will post (from a few months ago) look just behind my shed,
and you will see a County storm drain. My neighbor keeps his fire pit on it.
All collective water,from the yards on the left, flows down and (supposedly)
in the Drain--but when the rain is so heavy--it just sits above ground all along
my raised bed and a bit to the right.

1--The sun comes from the left and sets to the right--but my 2 trees interfere with decent
afternoon sun.
looks like it rained that day too---see the water all along the back?

5--Look at the left hand corner of the raised bed-- and the small plant, just to
the left of the white trellis is the Baptista.
I would have to say--"NO"--it does not get good light. The fence blocks it off.
To the right of the raised bed is a "walk-through". To the right of that--the very edge
of the beginning of my YUK bed--is where the fern is and where I planted the Salvia.
Somewhere, at the base of the BB, is also a Japanese Painted fern.

2--Here is a closer view of this "Bird bath Corner"..... and the "walk-through".
At the moment--one big puddle. That is what I stepped into--in my Crocks..

This bed-corner was cleaned out, amended to raise it a bit, one fern removed, and then
I planted some annual and perennial stuff there.
I am trying to improve my YUK bed a bit--by digging out plants that I do not want
(the Nepeta....the Persian Cornflower...and parts of the NE Aster--all shared at the Swap).
In place of these, I have planted some new plants. a VA Bluebells--a small Goldenrod--
and the Mockorange shrub which is growing too fast--sprawling stems everywhere...

I need to put an stone or brick edging on the end of this bed and then I can add more soil.
Left-Front-and Right of the Bird Bath are 3 Hellebores. To the right--the rest of this bed
is a Peony, a "lost" Tropicana" Rose--and then....it is full of Day Lilies.

3--Here is a view of the whole YUK bed as it turns at the corner.
AND--right in front is the reason this IS a YUK bed--as well as my whole "YUK
back yard"--the BIG Silver maple. I already posted this picture--recently...

4--And--here is an overview of my patio and the east side...Think I posted this one too
recently. Tjhis area is "My World" when i am outside...Love to sit on my Swing
and contemplate life...

Sorry the numbers of the pictures are mixed up--and,
SORRY to be so long-winded--AGAIN!!!--but I hope this gives you an idea
of my "World" and my limitations.

Gita