New additions

It is a rainy day, and I just planted a few more things in my new beds in the front yard. These pictures are not from the actual plants purchased, but pictures I found on the interwebs. It being the off season my plants would not look so hot. But come spring and summer....

Here we have a less common Daphne. This is Daphne 'Carol Mackie'
Here is an example of it's full size. Mine is still a baby

As you can see here the leaves are more narrow than the odora you can see a couple of plants down on today's blog. The Carol Mackie will get 3 - 5 feet tall and about the same wide.

Beautiful, small shrub displays wonderful flowers in mid-spring and sporadically through summer. Fragrant clusters of small, tubular white flowers that emerge in mid spring and continue sporadically through summer. Attractive, narrow gray-green leaves to 2 inches long carry a striking golden margin. Useful in shrub borders along wood's edge or as a foundation planting. -----------------------------------------------------------------

I wanted to get a native Rhodie because they are decidous, fragrant, beautiful, and less common than the ones you usually find at nurseries.

Meet Rhododendron occidentale, AKA Western Azalea.

This deciduous Rhododendron is native to Ogegon.

When full grown it can be 4 - 6 feet tall and the same wide.

The color can varry a lot with the plant, white, pink, yellow.

I do not know what the flowers will look on my plant until it flowers in May or June.

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Here is the more familiar Daphne. This is Daphne odora 'Marginata'
AKA Variegated Winter Daphne

It will grow to be 2-3 feet tall and wide. Fragrant blooms in late winter.

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This is a Coral bark Maple.
In the fall the leaves are bright read, gold, and apricot. It can eventually grow to be 20 - 25 feet tall with a spread of 15 -20 feet.

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Sambucus nigra AKA Black Lace Elderberry

As you can see if has purple-black foliage that is finely cut. In the spring, around June, large 10" contrasting creamy-pink flowers will arrive. The flowers can have a light lemon sent. It can grow to be 6 feet tall by 6 wide. Mine is about 1 foot tall. I wont want it to get 6 feet wide. I might prune it into a more tree shape.

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Here is the Northern Lights grass.

I put in 2 of these. They have very interesting variegation, with pink, grey and gold tones.

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I put in 6 little Hostas. This variety is called 'Stained Glass'

Got a great deal since they are about to go dormant. Only 1/2 price.

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Since the front yard is mostly shade I got several varieties of fern.

This is Autumn Fern

Will grow to be 15 inches tall by 2 feet wide.

This is Branford Beauty

It has nice silvery-purple fronts. Will be 1 - 2 feet tall.

Here is Lady fern

Nice lacy bright green fronds. It will grow 2-3 feet tall.

The Korean Rock Fern - is an evergreen variety
Can grow up to 16 inches.

And the last fern is the Tassel fern
It too is evergreen. It will grow larger than the Korean Rock fern. It will be 2-3 feet tall.