Mix and Match
I’ve been obsessed with the yard the past few days. I’ve been moving bushes around like crazy. It all started with that tree I had removed. I needed to put something in that spot. And then one thing led to another.
Part of my motivation came from my desire to get the rhododendrons away from the deer by moving them into the fenced-in area of the yard. There are 24 of them. That I wrap in burlap every fall. I moved 5. Finding room for those 5 also meant moving 3 hostas and 2 mountain laurel. This is what the area looks like now where the tree used to be. As you can see, we have a tree or two left.
Moving the rhododendrons opened up a couple spots, so I moved 3 junipers to one of the spots. At least I think they are junipers, which I believe are deer-resistant. In any case, I think they are ugly, so I don’t care if the deer get at them. But I can’t just throw them away, so I’m hoping they will do better in this spot.
I moved 2 lilacs to the other newly vacated spot, and, since I didn’t like how the rest of the lilacs were doing where they were, I moved those as well.
We also have a row of arborvitaes, but I’m not moving those. Instead, we put up a fence a few years ago to protect them. The deer are serious around these parts. You can see where they previously got at the arborvitaes.
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Finally, I had 3 pines in the front woods, and I decided I didn’t want them there. So I moved those. These are pines that I got as free sprigs from the National Arbor Day Society years ago. There were originally 10 of them, but I tend to move them around quite a bit, so I’m down to 3. The lilacs also came from the National Arbor Day Society and have been moved a couple times as well.
As an aside, I’ve also been raking up moss that I’ve noticed in the lawn as I’ve been walking around putting things in new spots.
So, in summary, that’s
- 5 rhododendrons
- 3 hostas
- 2 mountain laurel
- 3 junipers
- 6 lilacs
- 3 pines
