Hard Work Pays off in TN

By Kim Charles

Pauline Stevens of Knoxville , Tennessee , showcases her garden that is full of surprises even for her Golden , Izzie !

" The first of the three garden area I am bow pic of , is a constant study in advance . Eleven class ago when we moved in , it was full of underwood and discarded edifice materials . It had three beautiful oak trees and so it did not take a slew of imagination to consider ghost garden , hostas , fern , native azaleas etc . We had to make up one’s mind about 5 years ago to have one of the oaks take down and top out the remaining two , so my tad garden was no longer . The large dogwood and Nipponese maple do give quite a lot of shade to the one domain . Unfortunately , here in Knoxville TN , we really do not have a Springtime ; what we do have is Winter , Summer and then some recent freeze in May and this year mislay a beautiful maple and several other plants ; what I did not lose was the chamelia vine , which I did not realise was totally invasive so I have an ongoing fight with this .

My garden is a harbor for wildlife , hare , chipmunks , squirrels . birds etc and in fact Izzie ( visualise ) the youngest of my three Goldens just knows there is a rabbit hiding under the Funka . Anytime I am out there she is with me . As much as I love my garden , I can no longer keep it as I would care , so have a gardening sidekick come into serve me .

My Koi pond it not looking its dependable , I postulate to get and weed around it . All the varieties of Iris have bloomed and need to be cut back .

For years I have skin to ( and it has been a struggle with the red clay ) work and attempt to grow many of the English plants I grow up with . Last year we had to have the garden in the front of the house dug up and ground and remains etc removed down to the instauration . When it was fourth dimension to be filled in we made sure we had honest top soil with some bring compost . This is the first May I have had so much in blossom , it is find out curve and later this twelvemonth many plant will get graft so that they will not be blocking or being blocked by other plant life . I was felicitous to see the bees bask the Echinachea blooms earlier this workweek .

I hope you enjoy these photos . "

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