This morning I took a break from pruning and went to Home Depot for some nursery stock—a double knockout rose, Rosa radrazz, a yellow twig dogwood ‘Flaviramea’, Cornus sericea [stolonifera], two hydrangea, H. macrophylla, that all got planted near the house to replace plants damaged by the workmen here last fall—roofers, painters, carpenters, and window guys.
This afternoon Judy and I bought a double play spirea, Spirea japonica, at a different nursery that also went in a foundation bed. We also took the houseplants outside for their summer vacations, I gave them, as a treat, fertilizer and extra potting soil.
New blooms: siebold viburnum, double file viburnum, lily-of-the-valley, leucothoe.
Judy always draws a crowd.
The pack--Maizie, Kaley, Bally and Gus, all listening to Judy.
This corner of the yard will be in deep shade when the ash tree canopy fully leafs out. Something is in bloom every day during the season, at the moment it's dogwood, viburnums, may apple, lily-of-the-valley, lamium, pachysandra, vinca, march marigold, barberry, clatonia, burning bush, with blood root and privet about to open. Flowers aside, the beauty of the spot is the dozens of different greens-high, low, bushes and trees, ground covers, shiny, matte, dark, light and more variations, but no grass.
A redbud branch with the tiny flowers, each like a little lady slipper, and moss and lichen.
Siebold viburnum can get to thirty feet tall. The yard is filled with Siebold volunteers, like this one. Knowing the spot, I can also see in this image dawn redwood, yew, Norway maple, English holly, spirea, privet, elm, red maple and sensitive ferns.
Our sunsets can disappear in summer, lost in the foliage.
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