for three weeks, my parents in law came to visit. and let it be said, they are serious gardeners.
there is new grass growing on the front lawn.
there is a more defined grass line in the back.
there are plants that are being trained to hug the fence and cover wires, fence and give us privacy.
and last weekend, alistair and i were fortunate enough to get a patio furniture set for our one year anniversary as a gift. and we can't just have a patio set with little look at, so we also bought some plants/trees, beautiful living things to plant around the garden.
here is one of the plants dad cooper and hubby planted ... beautiful
we bought this gorgeous tree called a hong kong orchid tree. it has the most beautiful leaves (looks like butterfly wings) and the flowers are supposed to be lovely as well.
when we were ready to plant it, this is what we found in the area:
a fun tree stump!
the best laid plans....
here is a photo of the orchid tree
this is a japanese blueberry bush/tree. i loved the leaves and the dark green colors. when the leaves fall off, they are a brilliant red.
in other news
the lemon tree has not lost all of its leaves after being planted, thanks to my father in law. it's doing well and there is still a lemon growing on it. hopefully we'll get some fruit next season!
and the orange tree has grown it's leaves again! hooray!
we suspect that the nursery thought we were over watering it when we were underwatering it. but it's doing well now. Go little orange tree Go!
and herb garden is going strong.
