Memorial Day weekend saw much work being done in the garden. Thanks to Marenakos we found just the right rocks to build a little retaining wall for the final plantings around our new fountain. The solar fountain arrived from Silicon Solar Inc. and I already had the plants as relocations from my own yard or plants I had picked up at the local Lake Wilderness Arboretum.
I placed the rocks, poured in the soil, placed the plants, secured the landscape cloth for weed control and poured beauty bark. My husband assembled the fountain and pump and viola, the fountain is done! As a pleasant surprise, the fountain even came with underwater lights that turn the water silvery in the dark. We do have solar landscape lights on order as well, but for the time being we are very pleased!
Elsewhere, yesterday I planted some plants from my stockpile that every gardener always has such as a rhodie, a grass and some others that I’ll get the names of later. I also relocated a couple of plants that were being crowded such as one of my white roses. There is always more to do though. Next up I need more beauty bark so I can lay more landscape cloth around some trees and shrubs.
Here’s what’s newly blooming:
- Geum
- Exbury azaleas
- Columbine
- Iris
- Poppy
- Lupine
- Chives
