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
summer
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)
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.
Fortunately it was very inexpensive tree. The same one is going great at Marilyn’s garden in dryer soil.
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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