The garden is a work in progress and we get a little more done each season. This summer, we got the side of the house planted and filled a corner with a Hydrangea!
When we moved into our house, the one side of the house was loaded up with overgrown plants. I don't have a good "before" picture to show you, but it wasn't pretty. So when the guys came to do our patio, I asked if they could just rip them all out while they had the machine.
When the plants were ripped out, we noticed there was a small bed bordered with brick, since I wanted to keep that bed on the small side, we just left it as is, brick included. Last year all we did was mulch and keep it weed free, so this year it was about time to get some plants in there!
I decided I wanted some Carpet Rose. It was a good sunny spot for them, plus I wanted a plant that stays on the smaller side so when they grow they don't look like they are eating our small house!
Carpet Rose are considered easy to grow roses since they are more winter hardy, drought tolerant and disease resistant that the more delicate high maintenance roses that you typically think of.
When they are mature they should be 3'x3' balls of glorious pink blooms!
I will need to look into when and how to prune them in a few years, but right now they are pretty small so I just want them to grow grow grow. And I did buy rose food at Home Depot to help them out. If I notice any mildew or other rose related problems I will keep you posted and troubleshoot, but so far they have been easy!
We put Boxwood on either end for some evergreen and to match the boxwood along the back,
I wanted the medium pink color, but the nursery didn't have them the day my Dad and went to get them. They had a super crazy bright pink or a pale pink.
After much deliberation, I decided on the pale pink ones.
So now I have roses in my garden! Yay! And although these pictures for from the summer, right now, in November, they are still blooming! Amazing!
I also got a Annabelle Hydrangea for the garden this year. The corner where the perennial border meets the fence could stand for something larger and I thought a big white summer blooms would fit the bill! We took too long to plant it, and it got a little stressed in the pot it came in, but I fertilized it and watered it and I feel good about it coming back strong next year!
I meant to get a straight Annabelle Hydrangea, but I accidently got a "Incrediball" Hydrangea, which is a variety of the Annabelle with larger flowers. Although I noticed the flowers were more of a lacecap shape than a puff ball shape, so TBD how it looks next year as it grows. : )
YAY PLANTS!
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