Just when we thought all wall building was done forever, there remained one more wall to build. Fortunately, this one was short, and (comparatively) easy to finish.
And now I have a little flowerbed along the side of the shed.
Hooray for more flowers!
Overview
It was quite late in the season, but due to a delayed onset of frosty nights, I was able to get these plants in with time to spare. Also, there were some great sales going on at the nurseries. Dangerous territory, that.
So, starting on the left side, this floppy wonder is half of my beautiful orange geum 'Totally Tangerine' from the other flowerbed. It was crowding its neighbors over there, anyway, and was due for a chopping. (I also moved it down some while I had it out of the ground.)
Remember this loveliness?
(picture from May of this year.)
Oh yes, this is the treat I will be in for on both sides of my yard, now.
Moving down:
We've got Gaillardia 'Commotion Moxie' on the left, Rudbeckia 'Chocolate Orange' in the middle, and a couple of purple irises transplanted from the back flowerbed.
This bed will mostly have hot colors, chosen by my daughter. I'm hoping the purple iris doesn't clash.
(Though if it does, it will be easy to move elsewhere.)
The star of the show: Little Lime Hydrangea
The dwarf form of 'Limelight,' this one should get to be 3-5' tall and wide.
Perfect for this narrow bed.
I have discovered that I really crave symmetrical plantings. This time I just went with it, so that's why I only took pictures of the first half of the flowerbed. The next half is exactly the same.
I also put some bulbs in here and there that were dug up in my renovations of the back flowerbed.
So I really have no idea what they are. I mean, they are likely either tulips or daffodils, I know that much, but as to form and color? I guess I'll be surprised come spring.
Could be interesting.
Once we turned the corner, the plan was to extend the raspberry patch, so that's what I did.
Awkward angle here, sorry about that.
The one and only 'Fall Gold' raspberry plant that I could find.
The rest I put in are black raspberries.
A little variety should be good, I hope.
The trellis' were all on sale, so we got 3 and actually use wire to make some sturdy raspberry supports, that should be a lot longer-lasting and more effective than the string variety we had up before. Yay raspberries!
Now I think we are really done creating flowerbeds.
At least for this year!