Soon after we moved in, we had to rip out everything in this bed. It was all half dead, and no one had ever cared for it at all. I planted what was supposedly a Mexican Lime TREE front and center there. It does indeed produce little limes. However, it also grows like a bush not a "tree". Highly irritating. So, I was unable to achieve the look that I was going for. I finally dug it up today and switched it with the little gardenia that was behind it. That way, it can go on being bush-like without screwing up the visual, and blocking the gardenia behind it.
Here you can see they've switched places, gotten some nice fresh Miracle Gro dirt, and now I just need to figure out how to perk up the gardenia which has never really thrived since I planted it last year. It flowers, but doesn't grow many leaves. Suggestions? The hibiscus and gardenia are covered in buds and should be blooming soon. B and I planted some new Verbena in the front there, so those should be looking good shortly, and the lime is covered in flowers right now and smells really good. The pink jasmine in the back don't appear to have any intention of blooming, and I'm hoping the Mandeville (I think that's what it's called) which is on the trellis to the left, will start perking up soon. I don't think it gets enough sun on that wall. The pink jasmine have the opposite problem from the gardenia, plenty of leaves, no flowers.
Here is B, being her super helpful self, as usual. She let me sit on my rear the whole time and brought all the fresh dirt over with the little hand shovel. She also put all the flowers in the holes that I dug, and then watered everything when we were done. She is always happy to dig dirt, touch bugs, etc. J...not so much. She likes the idea of helping, but not the actual dirt and bugs.
This lizard came out to say..."Hey! What the He** are you people doing digging on my land!"
Here is the Sago palm that Daniel dug out of the backyard for me and replanted in the front. There was just a cheap, ugly, little bush there before. It's still a little misshapen from being squished way too close to the back fence (whoever planted our yard was landscape challenged), but it seems to be surviving the journey well so far.
Here is the same bed again, after B helped me plant some more flowers around the trees. I also trimmed some of the low branches off. The tree on the right is still way stunted compared to the left. We need to give it some more attention and hope it starts to perk up.
Soon after we moved in, we had to rip out everything in this bed. It was all half dead, and no one had ever cared for it at all. I planted what was supposedly a Mexican Lime TREE front and center there. It does indeed produce little limes. However, it also grows like a bush not a "tree". Highly irritating. So, I was unable to achieve the look that I was going for. I finally dug it up today and switched it with the little gardenia that was behind it. That way, it can go on being bush-like without screwing up the visual, and blocking the gardenia behind it.
Here you can see they've switched places, gotten some nice fresh Miracle Gro dirt, and now I just need to figure out how to perk up the gardenia which has never really thrived since I planted it last year. It flowers, but doesn't grow many leaves. Suggestions? The hibiscus and gardenia are covered in buds and should be blooming soon. B and I planted some new Verbena in the front there, so those should be looking good shortly, and the lime is covered in flowers right now and smells really good. The pink jasmine in the back don't appear to have any intention of blooming, and I'm hoping the Mandeville (I think that's what it's called) which is on the trellis to the left, will start perking up soon. I don't think it gets enough sun on that wall. The pink jasmine have the opposite problem from the gardenia, plenty of leaves, no flowers.
Here is B, being her super helpful self, as usual. She let me sit on my rear the whole time and brought all the fresh dirt over with the little hand shovel. She also put all the flowers in the holes that I dug, and then watered everything when we were done. She is always happy to dig dirt, touch bugs, etc. J...not so much. She likes the idea of helping, but not the actual dirt and bugs.
This lizard came out to say..."Hey! What the He** are you people doing digging on my land!"
Here is the Sago palm that Daniel dug out of the backyard for me and replanted in the front. There was just a cheap, ugly, little bush there before. It's still a little misshapen from being squished way too close to the back fence (whoever planted our yard was landscape challenged), but it seems to be surviving the journey well so far.
Here is the same bed again, after B helped me plant some more flowers around the trees. I also trimmed some of the low branches off. The tree on the right is still way stunted compared to the left. We need to give it some more attention and hope it starts to perk up.
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