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Before it got toooooo hot, I put this little flower bed in at the side of my house that faces the street. There are mature azaleas all along the front. The small tree is a dwarf spruce that should only reach about 12 feet in height when its full grown. In front of that I put in daylillies in yellow and pink. On the right are speedwell plants with purple bloom stalks:



In the back yard which is mostly sand I did a little Japanese garden around the base of the large pinoak. It has various mosses and gravel along with a Japanese lantern which can be lit at night:

Hi

I need to do something here. This gives me some ideas.

Harry

Looks very nice. I wish I could get that far along in my list of projects. I have so many repair and refurbish projects in line that I can't begin to think about gardens yet.

Nice work!

Very pretty. I on the other hand have eliminated some flower beds. Seems NC just won't get any rain these past few summers. LOL, now I don't mind spending money on plants but I sure do mind have to throw them out.

Yup, I know, your thinking water them, well that gets expensive when we are also maintaining a water garden and pool. LOL, would rather have the pool!

Yanita

Since South Carolina is in a years-long drought, I tried to plant things that would need little water and the Japanese garden has only some moss and mostly just pebbles. I wanted something to provide a decent view from the porch but that needed little maintenance and the japanese garden gives us a nice little view. The bed at the front has few flowers (5 day lilies and 4 speedwell plants) that provide a little touch of color, but are hardy enough to survive without a lot of care. I did have to water them the first month to get them established and after that they were on their own. I used cedar mulch to feed the azaleas and to hold the moisture. We've been getting a lot of storms so no watering has been necessary.

what part of S.C are you in?

tnt17 wrote:what part of S.C are you in?

Near Pawley's Island.

I really like what you did!!!!! It looks charming and very creative. It makes me want to bag the whole inside "thing" and do my landscaping. I planted a few Caladiums in my front planter along with some Boston ferns and some Crown of Thorns that I transplanted from the yard where I actually live. I had to have a little color out there.....and since the house had been vacant for so long, I wanted it to look like someone lives in it. (even tho its still not liveable.) The rest of my yard is a weed patch, but you have inspired me...and it cheers me and gives me something to look forward to. Thank you so much for posting the pictures, it really looks good.