Northeast Gardening: Todays Project. , 1 by bbrookrd

bbrookrd wrote:
rcn48. We are still in parallel universes! I am so happy so see Phoebe. Fat and happy is OK, like me! I'll bet the puppy in her has returned after her long illness. She looks like our dear Tanya who died at a fine old age in 1982. We still miss her.

I think some times delayed plans turn out far better. Unintentional mulling is often good for mental tweaking. I know your stream will be running and be beautiful at some point.

Here is my next tackle. A Japanese Maple Bed on the south side of our house tucked up among some old cedar woods that we have cleared. I have a herd of Japanese maples to plant (14 mostly dwarfs ) to add to the one that we planted back there last fall as well as some choice cultivars of Hamamelis that are coming this month. I will fill in the bed with mini hosta, helleborus, ferns, carex, dicentra, euphorbia, dwarf and species iris, heuchera, primula, tricyrtis, hakonachloa, sedum and of course bulbs like species tulipa, frits, scilla, reticulated iris, crocus, and narcissus. I have most of the plant material already or it is coming soon. No time to mull on this one!

It is pouring out side, so no work today. We will strip the sod as soon as the weather permits. And then the next project is that we have a large number of Ilex verticillata and a few Viburnums and other shrubs and trees to plant when they get here within the next month mostlly for the north side of the house. Too much on my plate.

I love your use of the photo shop for designing your hosta bed, I should try that as I am still using crude sketches with circles and x's or just eyeballing an area, which is not as effective a way to plant. I am not sad about having to do no rock hauling this year, but your garden is going to look fabulous. No lack of good plant material either! Patti


This message was edited Mar 29, 2009 9:40 AM