Northeast Gardening: Hiding the utilities, 1 by evie_beevie

evie_beevie wrote:
Sunday my neighbor helped get the junipers out and I planted this week.

I had trouble finding shrubs that were tall enough to hide but wouldn't get so big that they'd become a problem. So spiraea to the rescue!

I only have the one picture, but I think you get the idea. I transplanted most of these - the four in the upper right that will hopefully form one large grouping, and the two yellow guys at the bottom. There are two other greenies that will get 3-4 feet, and behind them is an ornamental grass that is supposed to get 5'x5'. It is a tiny thing right now.

I'll probably also move the spiraea that is in front of the diablo ninebark (upper right) to directly behind this bed. I don't like that spiraea so I'm hiding it, and it'll hopefully fill in back that and finish it off.

Not sure yet if I'll do perennials. Will eventually edge, but that's for when I'm not so sore from all this work! :)