...or what I do in my spare time
The "Front Hill"... I've been working on this hill for almost 4 years now. When I moved here it was nothing but weeds and too steep to consider sowing grass. I could have taken the easy way out and just done ground cover. However, "easy" and my name are rarely mentioned in the same sentence ;). So I began with a plan to terrace it somehow. Between that and weeding took almost 3 years. (Eventually, when I'm rich, I will replace the landscape timber with stone.) Finally it is in a state I can begin to post some pictures.
May 2001 | July/Sept 2001 | March 2002 | April/May 2002
- Slope: 7" rise to 12" run.
- Soil: Left side to middle & part of right = red clay. Right side = sand(?) & clay.
- Zone: 7 ("Southern Living" = Lower South)
- Light: Left side to middle = full sun. Right side = part shade.
- Exposure: East south-east
| Location | Botanical Name | Common Name | Date Planted | Source | Bloom | Color |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1A, 1C | Cuphea hyssopifola | Mexican Heather | 7/21/01 | Buy | Sum | Pur & Wht |
| 2A | (empty) | |||||
| 2B | Acer palmatum | Japanese Maple | 5/early/01 | Buy | n/a | Red |
| 2C | Playtcodon grandiflours | Ballon Flower | 7/14/01 | Buy | Sum | Blue |
| 3A | Linum perenne | Flax | 5/mid/01 | Seed | Spr-Fall | Blue |
| 3B, 4B | (see list) | (spring blubs) | 10/mid/01 | Bulb | Spr | W, R, B |
| 3C | (empty) | |||||
| 4A, 4C | Digitalis | Foxglove | 5/mid/01 | Seed | ||
| 5A, 5B, 5C, | Armera maritime(?) | Thrift | 5/mid/01 | Buy | Spr-Sum | Wht & Pk |
Spring Bulbs:
- Snowdrop (galanthus nivalis)
- Spanish Bluebell (scilla campanalata blue)
- Snow Crocus (blue perl/prinus clans)
- Hyacinth - Delft Blue, Carnegie, Woodstock
- Grape Hyacinth (muscari)
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