About 2 years ago Brandon and I purchased 7 azaleas. We were so excited because we purchased the Encore variety, meaning they would bloom TWICE a year, spring and fall. We bought white, red and one random purple. Not only have the azaleas not bloomed TWICE, but aside from the purple one, they haven't bloomed ONCE. So basically they are just green plants in the front of our house....taking up space.
This is our before picture. In this picture you can see our azaleas.
*We also relocated a gorgeous Lilac and plan to have the holly removed this week*
Brandon did most of the digging and pulling, I was just supervising. Once the azaleas were out and the purple one (our only bloomer) relocated, we decided to put topsoil over the entire garden. Brandon unload the topsoil and wheelbarrowed (I realize this probably is not a word) it over to the garden, while I raked it into it's proper place.
Saturday afternoon Brandon and I headed over to Stanley's Greenhouse (my absolute favorite place to be during the summer). This is (in my mind) by far the best greenhouse in Knoxville and if you are in this area and never stopped by Stanley's....you are truly missing out. We bought as much as we could and filled in some spots by buying other items at Home Depot. Sunday morning, early, we laid all the items in their respective spots....
*at this point I started to question what we had gotten ourselves into...
After joining some friends for a delicious brunch, we came and got right to work. Here are some pictures of our final product....
It was a lot of hard work (Brandon did the majority of the heavy lifting and digging and the hard stuff), but we are very excited about the final product. We are keeping our fingers crossed that we made an okay decision by pulling out some evergreens. Now....we just wait. And recover....I am exhausted!!!
Have you ever been to John Deere on Lovell Rd? If you are ever looking for trees or more mature bushs, then go there!! It is huge and so much fun to go there. They are kind of expensive and I wish they had more annuals but I am telling you it is so much fun and so much to look at!
ReplyDeleteLindsey- we drive by there ALL the time, but I think we have only been in once, and that was to look at trees. We will definitely have to stop in now and check things out!
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