July 09, 2006

Here are some promised photos of the work I've been doing in the yard with Vince. It's been 7 months since we moved in to the new place here in Murfreesboro. When we arrived, they just finished grading the yard. There was no grass or landscaping. The gazebo is in. The path and all the foundational hedges and arbors are now complete. All the exterior concrete is sealed, including the driveway and back patio.

This arbor has two Don Juan rose bushes that will creep up both sides and cover the top. There is also an American boxwood hedge that goes to our neighbor's yard.

This arbor is on the exact opposite side of the house leading into the backyard. It also has two Don Juans and a boxwood hedge that grows toward the road and then back the length of the yard. These are Green Mountain boxwoods with American boxwoods as anchors on the ends and corner.

This is a smaller arbor that breaks the Green Mountain boxwood hedge in the backyard. It also has two Don Juans.

Here are some spreading petunias. They look great, but they took over the flower bed. Somewhere in the petunias are the same Helleri Hollies you see against the house in the background. They are small now, but they will get about 1 foot tall and 3 feet wide.

This is where we planted the Queen Crimson Maple from Virginia along with more spreading petunias, impatients, marigolds (which we aren't planting next year) and a developing needlepoint ivy hedge. You can't see them, but there are "chicks and hens" growing in the black lava rock, a spot we call "Cantor's Crick."