Garden Edit - Hosta Replacement Project and Stumpery Reset - May 2024
I'm racing the Cicada clock on a few projects; the pizza oven foundation. And...some of my proposed 2024 Garden Edits. I wrote a post about a number of 'garden edits' that I want to make and started with the Hakonechloa Macra grasses (the green ones ) around the tree swing. And, this past weekend, I made another large 'garden edit'. My mantra for 2024 is 'editing' what I have - and that means a focus on planting in mass (larger quantities of the same varieties) that meet three criteria: 1. They work in our yard. Meaning...they thrive, not just survive. 2. Are appealing (to me). Foliage and Texture are key. 3. Have some four-season appeal. I don't want my garden to be 'empty' in Winter. This edit is on the southside. And this bed - and in particular - the border/edge of the bed have been a hodge-podge. Mostly hostas to fill-up space. And, while I put up a few stumps in my new "stumpery" , I didn't plant anything in t...