I planted a Japanese Painted Fern and Halcyon hosta which I bought a few weeks ago at a local garden center (both on the left of the barrel), as well as an unidentified hosta - it was a Father's Day gift to Greg a few years ago, and has been growing in a pot. He told me to plant it here with my other shade garden perrenials.
It doesn't look like much yet, but I have some small hope for this space. The barrel that's sitting there is just a place marker for now, I hope to put in some kind of small fountain or water feature, but I haven't found what I want yet. And there will be other plants (hence the odd spacing of these first ones).
It seems an area this small is all I can cope with at any one time. Every time I start considering a wider swath of yard, I just get overwhelmed. Maybe I'll just have to do a bunch of little tiny gardens. Although with as much trouble hitting tree roots as I had even here, I despair of ever getting any significant gardening done in the front yard.
Rhys had suggested filling an area around the tree with mulch, and I would love to go that route, but I've read that you can't add anything to the top of the ground over tree roots more than a couple inches, or it can smother them. Arrgh. I love trees, especially maples, and love the way they shade and cool this house in the summer ... but they're really wreaking havoc with my gardening plans.
Well, gardeners have to be adaptable and work with what they have. I will just have to ponder some more on how to work with my landscape..
Oh well. Maybe I won't be here long enough to worry about it.
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