Gardening in a Stormy Spring

Our daughter managed to plant her veggies as her soil has been amended to properly drain. The creek has been up most of the spring and the hillside is green and beautiful

This iris was from a friend, Janet Williamson, and is a delight to see from the corner window in our kitchen.
To see more iris be sure to visit the Missouri Botanical Gardens.

Found two of these concrete wall sconces at Steinmart and planted them with sedums.



Spring continues with more rain and I am thankful I don't have to water...yet.

Keeping it Simple

Mass plantings always make a statement. Above is an example of using just three plants. All are common to our area and easy to find in local nurseries.

This is the area at the bottom of our driveway just as it makes a turn. This is also hiding the view of our neighbor’s construction site (which is just days from being a beautifully landscaped addition).

The planter was originally a fountain we had purchased from The Gifted Gardener. After it cracked one winter I started planting it with annuals. Last year I decided to plant it with the same sedum my daughter had in her front planter. Sedum ellacombianum is both cold and draught tolerant which is wonderful. It blooms in June or July in this area and the picture shows the small star-shaped yellow flowers starting to open.

I also used it on the ground below the planter for visual balance.

We moved the planter into an existing bed of common daylilies.

Then this year instead of cutting down the native Sumac saplings behind the daylilies we let them grow to give a little more privacy. They will turn a beautiful red in the fall, although by then my husband will probably have cut them down.

Sometimes the simplest of plants can make a real statement.