Last year, I ripped out most of my front yard, and replanted with plants. The first steps are archived on dobbin.com, and here's a quick progress report.
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Early fall, 2003 (the first year). The silvery stuff in the foreground are lamb's ears, with my Japanese Maple to the right. The thing in the bottom left corner isn't photographing well, but is a very cool plant called "Indian Feather." |
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April, 2004. Front and center is the Indian Feather plant, which today (late June) has gotten quite huge and is starting to bloom. |
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Early fall, 2003. |
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April, 2004. There are still some bare spots, one year in, but it's really starting to fill in now. I'm continually surprised at how much perennials spread. |
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Early fall, 2003. |
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April, 2004. There's one very healthy groundcover in there, that chartruese thing, which gets purple flowers. |
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last updated: June 26, 2004