Among the flowers I dug out of my Aurora garden were Shasta daisies, coral sedum, maximillian sun flowers, bergamot, sunset hyssop and agastache. I knew the 12 or 15 pots of perennials I managed to divide from that garden, would not go far in my new garden in Brighton.
With 2 acres, I can plant 20 plants and you would hardly notice. But it was a start. I propped up a steel piano harp in the middle. I purchased 4 white pom pom bushes and placed them opposite the drainage trench. Eventually, I plan to put a pathway between the four shrubs, leading into the butterfly garden.
This is not the best picture, but looking to the northeast over the herb garden, you can see the beginnings of what will be a beautiful butterfly haven.
You can also see progress and growth of the oak, birch and Canadian red cherry trees in front of the north berm, and the Austrian black pines on top of the berm. This year we also purchased a couple of bristle cone pines. I planted some shrubs as well, but they’re small and it’s hard to see them.