so, if you recall the loss of our elm tree, we have had some changes in the past year to the landscape of our backyard. while the tree has been gone since last july, it's stump hasn't. michael and his dad fixed that a couple weeks ago, rented a massive woodchipper and grinded that stump away! now we have a clean slate to work with, rather than a sad, rotting reminder of the beauty that was.
we decided to plant a garden where the tree was. i had intended to put a tree up in that spot, but our neighbors have a nearby linden tree that i didn't want to compete with. so, i went to home depot and picked out plants. i had three criteria: hydrangeas had to be in the mix, all of the plants needed to be in the blue hue family and they all had to be sun hungry, seeing as they have little cover in the afternoon.
we inherited some greens as fillers, hostas, and dotted the garden with various blue plants that i can't name besides lavendar and hydrangeas. i'm a bit worried for our weak hydrangeas, the blue and pink ones don't really thrive in our climate, but gosh golly, mine will.
anyway, i really hope this garden survives, because i actually really like tending it and will be pretty deflated if another one of my greenthumb attempts goes sour!
wish this little garden that could good luck! (picture pre-mulch)
next up in the yard? a magnolia tree and arborvitae shrubs!
exciting life i lead, right?
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