The next area that has more things planted is our newly dug and sump-free planter by the house! After my mom and I put blood, sweat and almost tears into digging all of this up, the stump was removed, and I got to planting! It won't take you long to figure out that I absolutely adore the fall colors, and I planted our shrubs with that in mind. We planted crimson barberries, golden euonymus and a bonanza gold barberry in our space. Not only do they provide a beautiful contrast to the black mulch and to each other, they also will provide some stunning colors in the fall.
The crimson barberry, which already has a purplish-crimson hue to its leaves, will turn a vibrant red during fall. They golden euonymus will stay yellow, and the bonanza gold barberry will turn a vibrant shade of yellow. These will also look great with the new paint, trim & shutter color for the house.
Once again, we planted with ease of upkeep & long-term size in mind when we planted everything in the yard. It's funny how removing so many overgrown and mis-sized plants will do that to you! The crimson barberries will only get about two feet tall and three feet wide. The bonanza gold barberry will only get about three feet tall and three feet wide. Lastly, the golden euonymus will get around four feet tall and three feet wide. Thankfully, they all respond well to pruning!
We have one space left in our planter bed to fill with a small evergreen shrub that we are going to dig up from Rex & Melissa's house! We had been looking for something, and it turns out they had just the item and didn't want it in their landscape. Hurray for friends in the middle of their home renovation projects too! This will be placed near the corner of the house, between the crimson barberry and the bonanza gold barberry. It is a nice, contrasting shade of green that will stay around all year long!
Along with all of that, we have a cute little redbud tree with the slightly elevated flagstone planter. On the same day that Makenzie and I tackled the lava rock in the front planter, I used the last bit of my energy to get that tree in the ground. Thankfully, it has been doing great! We will be adding more flagstone to the front to give it more prominence. Thankfully, my parents have some extra just laying around the house. We will definitely save money and just wait until their next trip out here to finish that element!
The last major element is a work in progress...the grass. Thankfully, we do have grass under there. We did have quite a bit of thatch in our yard that had to be removed because of some of its neglect over the past year, and the year the house sat vacant. However, our good grass is starting to spread over the de-thatched areas, and the seed is forming these adorable little sprouts. It is making its way! Tim also worked so hard to get all of our sprinkler zones working properly in the front so our grass can be beautiful, lush and green!
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