We continued to care for the lovely green landscape at Cranks’ Roost. Probably because of being preoccupied with our garden tour, we did not clear any further into the wooded area, which I want to do. Here are some photos of the garden through the year.
spring
early March
22 march
22 March
22 March
summer
front gate
patio
boxwood and daisies
boxwood
gold and green
green on green
a rivulet of Geranium ‘Rozanne’
view south from patio
Cryptomeria ‘Sekkan Sugi’
The plant for 2013 is to get two more of these, which is going to require some plant juggling.
- Japanese maple (looking north to patio)
stump birdhouse
back porch
tools
rose
rose
bench
daisies by the patio
Autumn
One way that we will find room for another Cyrptomeria is with the removal of this Juniper. It is not happy with wet feet.
sad Juniper
Fortunately it was very inexpensive tree. The same one is going great at Marilyn’s garden in dryer soil.
the first fallen leaves with dark pink Schizostylis in bloom
honeysuckle berries on front fence
autumn
lacecap hydrangea
willows after pruning (to keep the path open)
in the flower bed
leaves
autumn carpet
Japanese maple
So…for 2013, our main task is to get two more gold Cryptomerias and do some more pruning of willows to let more light into the back yard and make the other trees happier.
I wish it were easier to get the Cryptos here….I think we will have to go at least as far as Seaside, Oregon, to acquire them.
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