Sunday, March 22, 2009

Our New Front Yard!

Ryan did a wonderful job on our front yard over the last few weekends with a lot of help from his Dad! I wasn't able to help much other than picking out plants I liked ;) Here are some before and after pictures...

BEFORE






STARTING FROM SCRATCH... (ALMOST)



AFTER!!
I know it's kind of hard to see all the details so I'll try my best to explain what we put in - keep in mind I know NOTHING about plants :)
We added 3 boulders - 2 on the left and 1 on the right. We added a juniper on each side of the door that will grow taller. There are white and pink calladiums or elephant ears in a bunch on both sides and a purple shrub with long thin leaves on each side as well. We used a lot of dusty miller or the "silver-green" plants to contrast all the trees and purple shrubs and filled in with some Yew or green shrubs that have very thin leaves, almost like thick needles instead. Finally, to finish it off, we used black mulch for major contrast. It looks great and I am so proud of Ryan!