I want to share some of the
landscaping I have done around my home. I wanted my house to have a rustic feel
and think plants and outdoor decor play a very important role in achieving that
overall look and feel.
I am learning landscaping and about plants as I
go, I have a black thumb that can almost kill a faux plant. I believe
it is slowly turning green now but needs to learn much more.
I planted Angel trumpets on each side of
the porch and have some lilies planted next to them. As you
can see the lilies on the left are doing much better than
the ones on the right. See easy to make
walkway.
I love the
Angel Trumpets and you can smell
their sweet scent before you get near them.
The mulch is a mixture of cypress from our
local home improvement store and a load I got for free from
a contractor that was cutting trees and limbs for the local
power company. Just ask them about it and see.
In the back I have planted a
Crepe
Myrtle, lilies, rosemary, a evergreen I can't remember it's
name, and a little annual. I think the green against the
dark color I painted the house really look good. I am going
for the rustic look, so I added a piece of driftwood, slate
and rocks.
Around the base of a pecan tree I've planted more
lilies, a couple of annuals and a tomato plant. I like
adding tomato plants randomly in my flower beds. I want to
add a variety of vegetables also in other beds all so.
Here is a white hydrangea that is one of
about four that I have planted in various spots. Here I
found a
vining hydrangea
I love the variegated leaves on the one
lily but the purple on the other one is all so beautiful.
There is all so a caladium planted to the left of the little
pecan tree. I can't remember what the plant is to the left
of the variegated lily.
This little bed has a cherry tree,
hydrangeas, verbena, and three small azaleas.
I have planted a crepe myrtle on the
corner and a few lilies down the side of the porch. I have
all so planted three May Night Salvia plants that have a
purple bloom. Somewhere in there are a few burgundy glow
ajuga's.
