The northern shrub border

Remember that huge pile of wood debris left on the north side of our front slope? Well, with alot of help from friends, we managed to get it down to just a pile of stumps...


Then got the stumps cleaned up and rearranged...


Well that stump pile is finally the backdrop to the border of flowering shrubs we've wanted there for so long.


Yeah, it doesn't look so hot now, but just wait five years - it'll be gorgeous. There's bush honeysuckle, three different lilacs, forsythia and a quince for the hummingbirds - six fewer shrubs in pots needing daily watering all summer. They are fronted by a few perennials; helianthus, grasses, dahlias, and modern bearded irises. They will do for some fill for a few years while the shrubs grow and establish.