Acerage! Oh be still my heart. Our property is a half acre. With the house, the shed and the driveway taking up so much space. There are 3 mature Norwegian Maples, 1 mature Quaking Aspen and 1 mature other tree. I can never remember the name of it when I want to. But even so I have managed to get about 20+ gardens planted around here. One with a small pond included. We have lived in this house since 2004 and it had the trees and grass. That was it. I kept digging up lawn and planting. Hubby used to put up a fit when he'd come home from work and find more lawn gone but now he just goes with flow. Might as well cause you see I'm not stopping none too soon
I have quite a few bearded iris, not so much daylilies, Oriental lilies, Orienpet tree lilies, black eye susans, coneflowers, blanker flowers, salvias, phlox, lady's mantles, hosta, bergenia, hellebores,liatris, delphiniums, rose of sharon, hibiscus, bleeding heart, honeysuckle wines, trumpet vines, peonies, lilacs, weigelias, viburnums, hydrangea, barberries, shasta daisy, and I don't know what all else at the moment.
Right now my sun room is full of brugmansia, jasmine, canna, geranium, citrus trees (2)only a few years old Alocasia, and I just bought a baby banana tree. Like I NEEDED one of those yet.
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