Plants I like: Unique one of a kind plants but most of the yard is native oaks. I've added crepe myrtles, dogwoods and Japanese Maples. Lots of big wild azaleas under the oaks and I've allowed the bluebells to take over. I have one garden in full sun with all sorts of wildflowers.
Its 2 acres. The slope is terraced until it flattens out.
I started willy-nilly. A friend gave me an entire armload of baby conifers from her Christmas tree farm (about 10 survived). So, planted them and decided I'd give myself 25 years to finish the project. The plan was for my own forest. At the end of 25 years, I extended to the 30 year and then 35 year plan. Its constantly changing. About 15 years ago, I took out over 100 trees (and still had 250 left!
). The drought has taken its toll, especially on the azaleas. This year, a dozen or so of the biggest oaks and my Monkey Puzzle came down because of saturated soil (river bottom sandy loam). The falling Monkey Puzzle completely obliviated the cactus garden - I'm not sure what's left as we're still unburying it. But now I have a clear view of the Bunya tree!
