Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Officially Autumn- fall garden chores, 1 by HollyAnnS

HollyAnnS wrote:
Ric and I cleared out the new Shade Garden today. Well Ric did most of the clearing out. The mixed evergreen area that provides privacy from the road has been in need of some work. A few years ago we had to remove a large Austrian Pine it left a huge whole in the group. So we replaced that with a Mahonia, a Rhodie, 2 Azaleas, a couple of Hydrangea, and a Blue Star Juniper. That area is growing in nicely. A few weeks ago we had to remove the blue spruce. We haven't replaced it yet, maybe a Concolor Fir or a Cryptomeria. So while we are working on this area there is the lower area that also needed some work. The White Pine was too close to the road and we had to limb up the lower area of the tree and there were some other branches from the Black Pine and Hemlock that also needed removed. It left us with a nice area for larger shade loving plants and shrubs. So today Ric cleaned out the myrtle and I planted the new azalea I got from UMD_Terp, the Endless Hydrangeas from Gita and a much desired Gold Dust Acuba. I am very excited to see how this new area will take shape.