Remember the photo of the new plants that covered our lower deck on April 12th?
Those plants, many of them hostas, are now planted in their new home beneath the pine and oak trees. The varieties of hosta included in this plant bed are Christmas Tree, Diana Remembered, Paul's Glory, Halycon, Queen Josephine and Orange Marmalade.
New plants added this year also include pink and purple calla lilies, bleeding hearts, autumn embers azaleas and pink asiatic lilies.
It wouldn't have been possible to do this project makeover without my sister's help. She did all the hard stuff while I watched her and supervised. Great job! I'm so grateful for her. She was so proud of her accomplishment too- it shows in the photo of her below ;)
A recap of what this area of our back yard looked like in spring of 2015, about 6 months after we moved in. The back yard mainly consisted of fallen pine straw, pine cones and dead leaves. Good soil was plentiful in the area under this group of trees but had to be built up enough to add plants under them. Most of the original plants have died. Of those in the second photo, only the calla lilies and a couple of hostas remain to this day. I'm not sure about the white caladiums- they looked good last year, but have not yet appeared this year. It's still a little early for them.
I love how the back yard is looking- it's wonderful!
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