belated update on 2007

A new year, and a new beginning. Since my last post there have been several changes to my front yard garden. In the northeastern (and sunniest) corner, I have planted a Magnolia grandiflora 'Little Gem,' and in the southeastern corner a Cornus florida 'Cherokee Princess.' The boxwoods and tall grasses are gone, and I have enlarged the bed bordering the house, and mixed in a Ford F120 bed's worth of compost. So far I have planted:
10 Allium sphaerocephalon bulbs
10 Dutch irish 'Blue star'
10 Anemone nemorosa 'De Caen White'
10 Crocus 'Ladykiller'
30 Tulipa 'Triumph'
50 Crocus 'Dark Blue'
1 Caryopteris cladonensis 'Grand Bleu'
2 Caryopteris cladonensis 'Dark Knight'
4 Anemone 'Honorine Jobert'
2 Sage 'May Night'
1 Aster 'Purple Dome'
1 Russian Sage 'Little Spires'
1 Maidenhair Fern
1 Aster divaricatus
1 Camellia sassanqua x oleifera x hiemalis 'Winter's Snowman'
1 Camellia 'Northern Exposure'

I have also set up a seedling starter area in the basement, where I am about to start seeds of Baptisia australis, and a number of plants for my backyard potager. I am also excited to receive orders of White Bleeding Heart, Bunchberry, Wild Geranium, Virginia Bluebells, Bloodroot, and Trillium in the near future, and also bare-root rose orders of Mme Alfred Carriere (climbing) and The Generous Gardener.