More to do, but at least the bulbs are tucked in!

[city_farmer]

Finally.

The bulbs are in:

Anemone blanda: The Bride and Mr. Fokker (Yikes, what horrible names. It just hit me. One is white and one is blue.)

Allium oreophillium
Allium caeruleum

One half of the planting parking strip is more or less finished. Among other things, I've planted

Albizia summer chocolate (a variety of mimosa tree)
Escallonia Gold Brian

Comments

[thegrackleshack]

Oh, wow. These all sound great!

[city_farmer]

I'm excited about the mimosa trees. I've seen a few mature mimosas in Seattle, and they are spectacular. I haven't seen any of these burgundy-leaved ones, but from photos they look spectacular. I hope it survives our wet winters...

[thegrackleshack]

That mimosa is lovely, but I confess I'm more into the mugo pine. Probably because I was just raking up seedpods in my gravel driveway from my neighbor's mimosa a couple of hours before I made that comment. : P

The pillar barberry is drool worthy too. I can't wait until I have some beds ready for things other than veggies!

[city_farmer]

Yeah, mimosas are basically giant runner beans. I hope the pods make good compost.

They're so rare around here that the few that you see are very striking. Mimosas are subject to all kinds of problems with rot because of all our rain, so I don't know whether these will make it. I have them at the tippy top of a tall berm for good drainage, but the soil is very rich, so I am a little concerned...

The mugo pines are tiny ($4 at Lowe's!), so it will interesting to see whether they end up the nice ottoman size I'm going for, or whether I'll have to candle them into submission to keep them in line.

Your Japanese garden is incredibly lovely. I love the tranquil, enclosed look of it from the pictures you'd posted earlier. Do you have other garden places on the drawing board?