Friday, May 21, 2010

New Perennial Garden

My wonderful daughters provided the first perennials for our new backyard garden as a gift for Mother's Day: seven gorgeous columbines, three of which you see here. The garden idea was the result of our adding an addition to the house last winter. Our contractor backfilled around the addition and built us a small raised area shown below.
Today we selected and purchased the rest of the plants and tomorrow is planting day. Because it is a sunny area, we tried to choose flowers with color who love the sun, including black eyed susans, shasta daisies, salvia, blanket flower, and pinks. Check back tomorrow and throughout our summer growing season for for the completed project!










5 comments:

Angel Ray said...

just so lovely!!

storybeader said...

what fun! hope you have a nice weekend! {:-D

Memories for Life said...

I just love all the colors!!! Can't wait to see how it progresses :)

TiLT said...

what a perfect spot !

Linda E. Pruitt said...

I love columbines. These a beautiful and I can't wait to see how your perenial garden turns out!