So here we go...
Last year we totally re-did the front of the house. When we moved n they had some evergreen yews, a sick rhodedendron, a half decent azalea and some burning bushes. That's about it and they had to go! :) So these plants are only in there home for a little under a year now, and things seem to be growing quite nicely now.
Moving around the right corner (the west side of the house)
The only thing on this side of the house were some sickly looking yews and once again, they had to go! This is a mostly shade bed and there is a maple tree that's to my right as I took this picture just outside of the photo and that's a cherry tree in the back right corner. I want to eventually have the flower bed come down and around these trees.
And moving towards the back of the house..
This Bridals Wreath Spirea came with the house and I just adore it :) I have a Brunner Macrophylla in front of it and it's by far one of my most favoriate plant purchases. when it was in full bloom it had the most electric blue flwoers = Awesome!
And turning to face the back yard...
This bed is also brand new, less then a year old. The shrubs on the right and left are lilacs we rescued from my dad's friends (lilacs send out shooters and are easy to dig up and relocate or just remove) the shrub in the middle is a Ninebark "Coppertina". That's where we buried the dog.
From the front of the new bed facing the back of the house. I have since added more rescued plants and some of my seedlings to this area so I'll need to add an updated photo soon.
And from the back yard looking at the back of the house. This whole garden bed was a result of our sewer project last year. (we had a blockage in our lateral near the house and had to remove the deck and excavate from the house to the white cleanout/vent stacks you see near the deck steps in this picture. Thankfully we have a friend with a backhoe who works for beer and chocolate chip cookies so it all worked out, but Chris and I did the rest of the final grading ourselves.)
The same bed, just a different view. I'm slowly filling in this area with more seedlings and rescued plants :)
This is the back yard looking East. We have an alley separating our house from our neighbors. The large tree in the middle a silver maple and the bain of my gardening existence. this thing has such shallow roots and sets seeds in helicopters 2xs a year. I hate them with a passion! I added a new bed around the tree and between the 2 pine trees - I call this my alley bed.
The view of the back yard from the alley. the "sidewalk" in the front of the picture is temporary and we just moved 2 tons of bricks from my mom and dad's house this weekend to put in a free-form walkway (not as boxy as the concrete sidewalks). The hill by the deck is scheduled be cut out and we'll be adding a retaining wall and a deck hopefully in the near future.
And here's the "alley bed". I had just transplanted most of these perennials so they're still looking a little said. This will look 1000 times better once we mulch. Lord only knows when that will happen though.
The east side of the house looking towards my front perennial bed. That's where I started gardening and the eventual plan is to continue that bed down to the Alley bed. I hate cutting the grass on this hill and my solution is to plant it up so I don't have to :)
And here it is - my first perennial bed. I have morning glory that grow up the railing on the front porch and I added some more plants to cover the foundation. it's a hard area to plant though, it's only about 12-14" wide between the house and the sidewalk and it's dry shade.
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