The weekend was a busy one. For Mother's Day, the gift I received from my kids, Mike and Grace, was time in the garden. Yay! Mike re-edged my whole front garden. If there is one thing you want to do for your gardens, and you don't have a lot of money, edging your garden spaces is number one. A nice sharp, straight edge defines the gardens and cleans up the area for planting. We then amended the soil with some Woodlands Mix from Spruce, and I then chose a few new perennials to plant. I am trying the Silver Brocade Artemesia for the first time. If you like the different colored foliage of the ever popular Silver Mound, this is another great choice. It is a low growing, spreading mat of silvery-white scalloped leaves that grows well in full sun to part shade - hardy to zone 3, so perfect for Calgary. I also added two varieties of Daylilies - Happy Returns (yellow) and Rosy Returns (pink). I love the grassy foliage of the Daylilies and these varieties should offer blooms all summer long. They will look nice next to my Rose bushes. I just need one more focal point plant - maybe a shrub - to fill in the middle spot. Then I will wait and see how things fill out and add more if I need to.
I also had our carpenter, Brad, build a privacy screen that I have envisioned in the space between my neighbor and I. He used chunky cedar posts and beams and added 1'x1' glass blocks in a checkerboard pattern. I can hardly wait to dress up this area with some annuals and a few taller shrubs in pots! Will forward a pic when its done...
At Spruce, the trucks keep rolling in with annuals, perennials, trees and shrubs, so the long weekend will see us fully stocked, and the forecast looks nice. Everything is hopping at the store, and the forecast looks good, so should prove to be an incredible long weekend for everyone! Have a great Monday!
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