Beginner Gardening: My worst garden spot -my walkway that everyone sees .Yikes!!, 1 by LadyAethelwyne

LadyAethelwyne wrote:
Hi, all! I finally got to add some shrubs to my front walkway garden. On my right side, I kept the burning bush and added a white camellia. I thought it would be nice to have a red burning bush in fall, then the camellia will have white flowers in winter, than I'll have spring and summer bulbs and annuals with the evergreen camellia and leafy green burning bush as background interest.
I also planted a camellia on the left side, but found out that the left side was 2 ft shorter due to the stoop, so it was way too crowded over there. I wish I realized that before I killed off a few tulips in bloom trying to move it around to fit!
I also realized it would be 6 ft tall, and my porch is only 7 ft tall, so I wouldn't be able to see off my porch! So, I dug it up to give my mom and planted a weigela bush instead (4 ft tall by 5 ft wide). Pictures coming soon. My mom liked my weigela so much, I bought a second one gave it and the camellia to her for early mother's day!
This is a picture "before" with the camellia.
ps- ya'll will be so proud of me. I took time getting the weigela at Lowe's by hunting down a camellia and burning bush and placing other bushes around them to see which two looked best together. I also checked plant height and depth and spacing requirements. I'm getting a bit better as time goes by!

This message was edited May 6, 2009 12:17 PM