Getting There

Well, we got about 20 plants in the ground this weekend and the two raised beds in the backyard are coming together.

Three of the plants were very large ball and burlap orders that I put in a few weeks ago. Two were wax myrtles and one was a silverberry. All three are evergreen and we wanted them to be taller to start so we would have immediate screening from the neighbor yards. I was so pleased when we got them in the ground (they were the first ones that we planted), because as soon as we released the branches, we had instant coverage.

We are not completely done with the bed but we did get a lot done this weekend. I'll post the final pics when we get done but I thought a before and after of our screening would be cool to see. We did get the bird feeder back up and I filled it so hopefully the birds won't think we completely abandoned them...

The yellow house in the background is the new house that was built and has perfect sight of our backyard. The white one next door has a lower yard than ours so it has never been much of an issue. Both of these pictures were taken from the same general area, one before we did anything to the yard and the second from when we had most of the bed done. I took some more shots from other angles that are more flattering of the "almost finished" product but I wanted to show off the immediate screening we achieved as that was the my favorite part of getting those three plants in.

We currently have, the above listed plants, along with some azaleas, nandinas, gardinias, lorepetulums, and abelias. I have a few more gardenias to buy and then some annuals to finish up. It is really coming together and once things start to grow and bloom this year, I think it will fill in nicely without being too crowded. Spring is definitely starting to hit here and I hope to get some new photos of all the flowers that will be out soon.