Allowing things to happen

I am not much of a landscape artist. I get an idea about how I want things to look and then I go crazy and add, add, add until I don't like it any more and then I redo it. Of course, for me it is all fun and allows me to get some exercise. I can't pass up plants when they are on sale or on clearance more specifically.

In the front of the house the roses and coriopsis are working out great. I knew once they filled in more I would get the effect I wanted, it was the waiting that was hard. I got a Nandina "Jaytee" at Lowes, and as I just researched it, it doesn't have the growth I thought it would. We have some in front of the restaurant that grow tall, this one is compact and doesn't grow tall like I had hoped. Anyway, it is pretty and adds interest all year round. I had hoped to put it in a naked corner but it won't work and I will have to find another place for it.

I had to stop and think, but now I have to make another area to plant. I have been thinking about it for a bit, but I have just the place. There is a corner up above the garden that I have planted a Redbud in and I am going to landscape that area. The Nandina will work perfectly under that tree and they can "grow up" together. The Redbud is only 5(?) years old, still pretty young as I got it as a sapling and is only about 4 feet high at the moment. What is interesting is that I have 3 that are the same age, all planted in my yard in different areas and how their growth is so different. Anyway.

What I wanted to post about was allowing things to happen. That is usually what happens with me and thankfully things end up ok. I was going to talk about how I get things because they are cool looking or I just want it, and I do it without thought as to where they should go, they just end up somewhere and it ends up working. I wanted red and yellow as my main colors, and adding the red day lilies on the other side of the front door completed my idea. Now things just need to fill in and be even more beautiful. The area between my sidewalk and the road needs some tweaking. I have just been allowing things to grow and using it as a holding ground for plants that I don't know what to do with yet. Now the idea is forming more solidly. Roses and day lilies. All kinds of both, that is what I want that area to be mostly. Easy and beautiful and colorful.

Ok, I have procrastinated enough from what I HAVE to do today - clean and organize the garage. Yuck.