Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Spring Projects - Show Us Yours!, 1 by rcn48

rcn48 wrote:
Wow! I've got a lot to catch up on! Stormy, it's a shame you lost your shrubs but I honestly think that's quite a handsome fence as a backdrop for your gardens and opens up tons of possibilities for you! I agree with Gita, "If life gives you lemons--make Lemonade" :)

Time for an update on my first project of the year! If you look at the first photos in the thread I think you'll see I've made some progress :) I haven't been able to get much planting done around the new arbor but I did manage to get one Hosta planted and a new Clematis to climb up the left side! My plan was to plant the two Clematis I ordered together, one a climber and one a shorter bush type. But the stock of the bush type failed so I ordered another climber and planted them separately. Here's the arbor with Clematis alpina 'Constance' on it and Hosta montana 'Aureomarginata' along the edge behind it. The Giant Solomon's Seal on the right were planted in 1999 when I brought them from my gardens in Maine :)