As summer comes to an end I thought I would post ups some photos of this years work. It is obviously still a work in progress, but for new construction I think it has come a long way.

In the 2 weeks leading up to April 6th, I cut the bed in the back of the house and put down 5 yrds of dirt.

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By April 20th I had it planted, irrigated and finally mulched.

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Here is a picture of it today (after a little reshaping)

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Later in the summer I started building my fire pit.

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It was finished on August 20th...

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And here is the back bed today... (at the beginning of the summer there was nothing back here under 20' tall)

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Not all of the following list are in these pictures, but this is what I have planted in the yard this year:

1 - Acuba Japonica

1 - Acuba Japonica 'Gold Dust'

6 - Azalea 'Conlee' [Autumn Amethyst]

6 - Azalea 'Conlet' [Autumn Carnival]

4 - Azalea 'George L. Taber'

1 - Azalea 'Roblea' [Autumn Princess]

6 - Azalea 'Robled' [Autumn Chiffon]

1 - Azalea 'Robleg' [Autumn Angel]

1 - Azalea 'Robleo' [Autumn Belle]

1 - Azalea 'Robler' [Autumn Moonlight]

1 - Betula nigra 'Heritage'

10 - Buxus microphylla 'Faulkner'

4 - Camellia vernalis 'Star Above Star'

1 - Corylus avellana 'Contorta'

1 - Cryptomeria japonica 'Globosa Nana'

5 - Gardenia jasminoides 'Kleim's Hardy'

1 - Hydrangea macrophylla 'Lady in Red'

2 - Hydrangea paniculata 'Quick Fire'

1 - Hydrangea quercifolia 'Alice'

5 - Ilex crenata 'Compacta'

3 - Ilex crenata 'Sky Pencil'

5 - Imperata cylindrica rubra 'Red Baron'

10 - Juniperus horizontalis 'Wiltonii' [Blue Rug]

17 - Liriope muscari 'Aztec

1 - Liriope muscari 'Big Blue'

4 - Loropetalum chinense 'Ruby'

1 - Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus'

1 - Muhlenbergia capillaris 'Purple Muhly Grass'

1 - Panicum virgatum 'Northwind'

3 - Pieris japonica 'Temple Bells'

1 - Pinus flexilis 'Vanderwolf'

1 - Pinus nigra 'Hornibrookiana'

8 - Rhaphiolepis indica 'Snow White'

1 - Rhododendron 'Chionoides'

1 - Rosmarinus officinalis