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| Jeff's garden
has quite a few shadey areas, some were here and some were created
by planting trees and with fencing. He especially likes hostas
and has planted many over the past few years. They take a few
years to really take hold and form big clumps so they're really
in the infancy stage right now. |
Jeff planted this Coastal Redwood
with 2 others the year after we moved into the house. The
other two blew over during winter storms. It was just a
four foot tall twig when he planted it and its been amazing
to watch it turn into a real tree. I'm not sure the plantings
underneath will survive the root competition but I guess
we'll soon find out. The picture to the right with Roy in
it is another view of this same area.
Mouseover here to see a photo of the redwood when it
was first planted.
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This bed was planted last summer on the
fence line in the front yard between us and our neighbors to
the South. It contains hostas, ligularias, and rhodys. |
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This hydrangea spent its first year in
a pot on our porch. Now it graces the fence line in the back
yard. That's a ligularia, the Rocket, behind it. |
This area behind the garage was a jumble
of old limbs and trash when we moved into the yard. We cleaned
it up, planted grass, redwood trees, and a small raised vegetable
bed here. We knew the vegetables were only temporary until the
redwood provided shade. Last fall Jeff planted three Japanese
maples, and a vine maple and its well on its way to having a
woodland feel. |
This ligularia has daisy like blooms in
late summer. Its growing by the front gate in the shade of an
old cherry tree. This is the same bed as the middle picture on
the left. |
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