22 March 2008:
This is one of the newer beds. The area was 'put on the back burner' (neglected) for a long time by CG. Last March, CG began the task of extending the cement trench all the way around to the back fence. It quickly became a very large bed. Luckily, CG had surplus landscape blocks, plenty of cannas, 3 low-growing crepe myrtles, a good sized burning bush, and a 3 gallon sized crepe myrtle. The blocks were used for an oblong shaped planting area for the cannas. The low-growing crepe myrtles were planted as a border between the canna planting area and the edge of the trench. The burning bush was planted on the far end of the cannas. A small rock path leads from the edge of the trench to the water spigot. On the far side of the rock path, the (possibly) regular sized crepe myrtle was planted.
21 FEB 2009:
This is definitely a low-maintenance bed. All of the plants are drought-tolerant and require little upkeep. Just the way CG likes it.
21 FEB 2009:
Future plans for this bed include planting a few good starts of creeping jenny as ground cover this spring. Maybe in the fall, CG will dig-in a few patches of daffodils and extend the iris further down towards the fence.
