Transplanting Shrubs
May 22, 2008 – 5:44 pm | by jaygaulardcom
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Today’s job was to start transplanting some of the shrubs from the front of the property to the back. I am trying to take all the good shrubbery (did I just say shrubbery?) from the front hillside to transplant in the back, near the driveway. I already showed you the area I am working on in a previous post.
The reason I am taking these shrubs away from the front, is because I think more height is needed up there. I am planning on planting a good variety of Blue Spruce, Norway Spruce, Canadian Hemlock and Cleveland Pear along the whole hillside. With all the new stuff, the old, low shrubs will just be swallowed up. I mean, I am not going to go crazy with trees, just enough to add a nice green look up front. I think a variety of evergreens looks really good.
So, back to the back. Here is a picture of what the garden area looked like without the shrubs. Basically, the only stuff in there is the Iris I planted the other day, along with that plant no one can identify. I am going in rows, front to back.
These are the shrubs I planted today…
I like the variety of color. Also, back here, it’s going to be much easier for me to maintain each shrub. What I really like is that everything is here already…all I have to do is move stuff around the way I like it.
There is some more stuff in the front that I want to get. I am planning on doing that in the next few days, so I’ll have more photos then.
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Tags: blue spruce, canadian hemlock, evergreens, garden, growing trees, iris, norway spruce, property, shrub, shrubbery, Shrubs, transplanting shrubs
2 Responses to “Transplanting Shrubs”
By Hannigan on May 23, 2008 | Reply
We still didn’t figure out what that plant was yet?
Nice job, I like nice and full plants in spots like that, really spruces the yard up. Pretty good green thumb. Do you wear the big tan sun hat and have your dress socks pulled up to your knees while wearing shorts? Classic gardener.