We're starting fresh with our yard. We bought this house a year ago, totally gutted and remodeled the inside and now we're adding a room...after that we'll rebuild the boat dock and get our boat. Sooo...with all of that going on we really didn't have time for landscaping last year. This year I plan to plant a row of Dwarf Burning Bush shrubs between our house and the neighbor's, some Hostas or Bleeding Hearts in front of the deck, some kind of small colorful shrub next to the lower level of the deck, Pansies in the box at the base of the mailbox and possibly some planter boxes for the deck railing or window boxes, tomatoes in a raised bed and more Hostas at the back of the house. I'll also plant some Phlox or some kind of low flowering vine to grow over the edges of the boxes. We have a corner lot that's teared up with railroad ties so we have 3 or 4 different levels out front on 2 sides...I'd like to remove the grass, plant some bulbs and cover them with mulch or landscaping stones. I'm still looking through my (many, many) landscaping books for ideas and plant info. Now...if it would just get warm enough to plant something! |