The 2+ years we have lived here, the foundation plantings have been pretty neglected. With so much work to do in the house, expensive planting just wasn't going to happen.
When we moved in, the previous owners had torn out everything in the beds, including about a foot of soil, exposing all the unpainted basement walls. There was one lonely, half dead evergreen in the front, and a giant, gorgeous rhododendron in the back garden, with a climber (virginia creeper maybe?) on the fence, along with that horrific Locust sprout detailed in an earlier post! That was it.
The grass was also having a really hard time, after all the snow, and Madra churning it up with her giant paws. (Back garden post to follow soon!)
Dad came over and planted us a couple of azaleas, one of which is still (mostly) alive.
Over the years, I have attempted to cultivate the odd plant here and there, and a few have lasted. Others, like this once lovely grass, didn't fare so well.
I thought I had killed a bleeding heart under the chimney here, but it came back this year :)
The hostas have all done well, even with the slug attacks, as has a columbine out front. But we had only the one evergreen, and the whole place was looking very bare.
So, after the wedding, we finally bit the bullet and went off to the nursery to get some much needed plants. A day of digging and planting resulted in all these plants finding new homes. Despite my terrible parenting, they are doing pretty well about a month later.
Watch out later for a post with pics of new plantings!
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