Early Summer 2021 Garden Update! (Help me name my trees)

[kimberlysteele]

The front garden: this is my main project this summer. My boxwoods have failed to thrive, so that experiment is over. I’m going to put some hardy perennials in the unoccupied spaces such as catmint, lavender, and Russian sage.





The side garden. Here I have a 5+ year old pear tree that still hasn’t bloomed. It’s a pretty tree though and it is healthy. My yard is almost all full sun — this side area is one of two small shady parts. Cedric the Eastern Red Cedar is doing well, putting on some bulk. As you can probably tell, I am expanding the garden space towards the sidewalk. I hate lawns, that’s why it is my goal to engulf the entire lawn space in perennials. The plants in this area of my garden include hostas, ferns, a catmint, borage, a pink phlox, a white hydrangea, black cohosh, and some ivy.





Rose of Sharon that blooms light pink… stay tuned for that!



Baby maple, 2 baby oaks, and Cedric. Name suggestions?






Rose of Sharon from the original owners of the house. This is one of the only things they planted!



A pussy willow I got to sprout from trimmings from my neighbor’s pussy willow bush/tree. I call her Saille. (I call the parent tree the same name)

Comments

[cutekitten]

And let’s not overlook obvious combinations. “...and these are my two new trees, Tweety and Sylvester.”