Hi everyone, I was so excited when I came across this website i ran out in the rain to take some pictures! I have envisioned a beautiful garden area on the south side of my house for years and now I can see I might make it happen. It has about 6 really tall oak and maple tress that make it super shady. The raised bed area close to the house gets a decent amount of sun, like mid afternoon into the evening. When i moved here this area was filled with some raised beds and tons of apple and plum tress which just made a mess, the fruit was not getting enough sun. It took me a while but i created a patio the best I could on my extremely low budget using flat stone I bought really cheap. As you can see it looks pretty good for someone whose never worked outside before and I'm proud of what I was able to accomplish.
So I know my arbor is junk. That's coming out in the spring next year because I have two throne-less rose bushes there which I want to put right back but I understand the best time is late fall or early spring. i'm hoping to make clippings this fall so I have replacements in case they die when moved. I will put a new arbor in the same spot and want the rose bushes on either side to climb up it. Anyway the stuff in the side bed all needs to be moved or replaced. I would rather not kill any of the plants there, but recycle them and make it look lush and inviting. I do not want the work of any annuals. I don't know all of the names of the plants as many of them existed in this bed when I moved here. There are some Irises, some pretty pink peonys which are about to bloom a hosta I don't know what the other two are one has purple leaves and grows low its next to the bulkhead. the other has little blue flowers starting to open now its in front of the peonies which have not yet opened. There is also a green yellowish leaved plant and I don't think its a weed but will have to wait and see what blooms.
At the end of the patio used to be a raspberry patch. They were going crazy so I took them all out and put up the gazebo thing. I don't know if you can tell but it sits on a down slope. I planted the Variegated Weigela
some hostas, and endless summer hydrainia, there's another flowering bush which I don't recall the name of it I think it speira? to the left if your facing the gazebo behind the endless summer thats starting to get leaves on it, the speira gets tiny pink flowers on it. I also transplanted a piece of it on the opposite side as it roots itself when part of the branch touches the soil. There is a small ground cover its green and yellow leaves, but its a bush type not plant, its small cause I moved it there and had to cut it much smaller but it will spread i think. I want to put a small pond with a waterfall running down the slope in front of the gazebo. Also there is a small Japanese? red maple really close to the pine tree which seeded itself. I cut it back because I'm hoping I can keep it small? Make it into a bush? Not sure but I cant allow it to grow big there. So anyway, I'm hoping someone can help me turn this area into a paradise. I've included some front yard pictures as well cause that needs work to flow into the side I dont know what to do there yet, I used to have a Japanese weeping cherry there but it had to come down last year. So now Its just a big bare spot of mostly much and some stray flowers. I plan to put a porch on the house someday so nothing to extreme in the front. I need serious help if I'm going to get this into shape. Please provide me some ideas. As you can see everything is just thrown there, I think the gazebo area looks kinda nice but the rest really needs help. Thanks! See my patio pictures with the link below there's a ton of pics.
Here is a link that might be useful: My patio and garden pictures
This post was edited by Jewels2970 on Thu, Jun 5, 14 at 16:45
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