Pacific Northwest Gardening: Mauryhill Photo Tour, 1 by mauryhillfarm

mauryhillfarm wrote:
Nix the Carex ice dance. I had no idea. Mine is very small just now, but it's a baby. I better watch out. Do Carex testacea or Carex Frosty Curls also behave so thuggishly (is that a word?)? If so i need to reposition them while they are manageable.

How about a Helianthemum as a groundcover companion for irises? They have small greyish leaves and are low growing, with a pretty summertime flower in pink, red , yellow or orange depending on the variety.

Kathy, Doggly (a.k.a. Methow - his official name on his veterinary paperwork) is guessed to be about 15 years old. He was found abandoned on the roadside in the Methow River valley by my former neighbors. They gave him to us about 6 years ago, after he had already adopted us as his second family on New Year's Eve 2000, the turn of the millenium. He had been frightened by someones fireworks in the road and barged into my doorway, making himself at home. He came to visit after that, sometimes for several days at a time. In his prime, he would thunder down the driveway to scare away any deer that dared set hoof on our little acre. Now he totters around and takes naps under the porch or the shrubbery. Yes, the coat is a major piece of work, constantly full or briars and dredlocks. There are chunks of it shed all over the rug. He loves the snow. I guess with a fur coat like that.....