March is finally here. It appears it will come in like a lion in Maine - but we are hoping it will go out like a lamb! For a family of gardeners, it's been a very long winter.
July 2008 - not a great picture, but as you can see, the new flower bed (s) - we extended the back bed along the property line, also...) came to life and survived the hail storm. We added turtlehead and ferns for height. The Dancing In The Rain around the tree were planted in 2005 as very small one eyed plants. Bit mistake - they've proven to be very slow growers!
I like a variety of perennials and shrubs and have several "sun" gardens. These are only a few of my favorites.
Bob is particular interested in hosta gardening. He's been pretty good about letting me sneak in a few flowering perennials and annuals amongst the hostas for a little color, though. We have both done some research this year on companion plants and the new bed planned for this spring will host a variety of plants. Hmmm - a small water garden amongst the plants would be nice, too...
Last year's gardening adventures included a new raised hosta bed. Unfortunately, we had a hail storm come through in early June last year that wrecked havoc on most of our hostas. We're hoping for a much nicer/drier summer this year.
The picture to the left is the early stages of the 2008 garden. We had an idea on paper of what we would like and the plants were ordered in February to insure we would get the selection we wanted from our favorite Hosta seller.
The picture to the left is the early stages of the 2008 garden. We had an idea on paper of what we would like and the plants were ordered in February to insure we would get the selection we wanted from our favorite Hosta seller.
July 2008 - not a great picture, but as you can see, the new flower bed (s) - we extended the back bed along the property line, also...) came to life and survived the hail storm. We added turtlehead and ferns for height. The Dancing In The Rain around the tree were planted in 2005 as very small one eyed plants. Bit mistake - they've proven to be very slow growers!
I like a variety of perennials and shrubs and have several "sun" gardens. These are only a few of my favorites.
In our blog next week we'll be exploring lilacs. Oh how beautiful they are when they bloom! Yes, we have several of those, too!
Wishing everyone a wonderfull 2009 growing season!
Bob and Gail
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