Northeast Gardening: Show us your garden beds!, 1 by wha

wha wrote:
here is a shade bed - lots of different hosta - in back is a Frazier fir and a weeping hemlock that needs to be moved as it is the same size as planted years ago - the bed itself is under a maple - silver birch as well - white and pink bleeding hearts - phlox on the wall - and the blue flowering plant i can't remember the name of - i've added a couple dozen shade plants to this using the famous victor shoe horn - looking forward to next year.

this bed was the scene of a lot of fallen tree damage from the ice storm in dec. it is covered in pine needles a few inches thick.

it is also a favor place for chippies and voles to live and EAT! so i have to spray it with some vole-away stuff every few weeks - it seems to work good.