A quick look at two of springtime's beauties in my garden, one just peaking, the other slightly past its prime.
I realized something late last week: my walkway planting beds need to be wider. They also need more permanence, or year-round interest, as they're quite barren in the winter.
Too little time and too many projects in the garden this weekend left me working rather than documenting, so -- and what I was doing was rather boring stuff anyway: potting up some plants, tucking another plant into an existing bed, weeding.
You probably don't remember, but last fall I picked up a new ninebark on clearance.
If your garden needs more plants -- and whose doesn't -- you really need to take advantage of plant sales. There are typically two times of the year when the nurseries near me start reducing prices: mid-summer, and mid-fall.
One of the sights I returned to after my recent trip (besides the knee-high lawn) was the ninebark.
I wanted to take some more photos of my sempervivum flowers before they all faded, to show the variety in the blooms. After a few shots though, I realized their differences were subtle.
My ninebark is one of the most striking plants in my garden. You can see why here. The trouble is, although the tag says that it will be 4-5' tall and 4-5' wide, it's bigger than that. Much bigger.
I'll have to admit that shrubs are not something that I've spent a lot of time thinking about. I really don't think "hey, what this bed needs is a nice shrub!". My buying strategy for shrubs is the same as for most of my other plants too: if it looks like a cool plant, get it! Decide what to do with it later.
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