Northeast Gardening: April snow storms bring May flowers!, 1 by gardenmart

gardenmart wrote:
OK OK I know I am late jumping in here, but pirl, those are my pink New Guinea impatiens! You bought them all up before I got there.
Great wreath, grammy, did you get a topiary frame or is that just a regular wire wreath frame? I have a living wreath book that has some great pix in it. The lady made one out of leaf lettuce!
Lovely pictures, all. I love azaleas and rhodies. If you do, check out the Norfolk botanical garden down in Norfolk, VA, and check out their thousands of them planted by a group of female CCC workers that forms the bones of this garden. Callaway Gardens in georgia has a massive collection too. Of course, us northerners have to wait until april and may for ours.
Here's my prize for this year. I had a really ugly corner where the addition of my house was connected to the old house. They put the sewer connection in and it had to be concealed by some ugly concrete. SO, I planted shrubberies in front. since I am from NJ alongside the Delaware River, I found 'Delaware Valley' and they have thrived there for over 10 yrs. I don't know the name of the hosta in front but they make a lovely companion planting. The leaves on these stay green all winter. the dryer vent is right next to them and gives them a little assistance in the depth of winter for a microclimate. I love my DVs. They look like a cloud come to earth today.