Last Day of May: beautiful

Yesterday was sunny, barely any breeze, in the low 80s but less humid than earlier in the week.  A beautiful day to end May.  I sat on the deck under the awning, with my laptop on the patio table.  Nice.

I bought a purple leaf sand cherry  at Bosco's, not sure where to put it.

I had stayed away from them after the disaster with the ones the builder put in.  I moved them (they were in front of the house where the weeping Japanese maple was.  They looked terrible and died after the move).

I plunked the pot into the back garden in front of the hemlock, where the St. Johnswort was that I had liked so much (damn voles).  Voila!  A pop of intense red color nestled in the greenery.

These shrubs are leggy and can be awkward as stand alone plants, but are perfect tucked in among other things, peeking out.  I like their pretty white flowers in spring.

Eventually the hemlock will gain more height and serve as more of a background.

I also bought a 'Forest Pansy' redbud, very open , very pretty. Also a real pop of deep color, and I put it at the left edge of the new garden that fronts Meadow's Edge.  I have wanted for a while to bring that space "forward" toward the patio, and create a shaded path between it and the front of Meadow's Edge as it disappears to the back of the lot.  I think this really does it.

It's June now, and time to stop planting, designing, moving and installing.  Time to relax for the summer months, keeping up only with the basic maintenance chores like watering and weeding.

gratuitous shot of johnny jump ups