Perennials: Catching up in the garden is it possible?, 5 by Pfg

Pfg wrote:
Rteets, It's great to see the before and after pictures. What a difference! It looks really great...

I can't wait until mine grows in. It does help that so many of the plants are mature, but there are still a lot of holes.

Here's some history:

1.: 2007
2,3: 2011 is when the clearing started. The climbing Hydrangea had nearly killed an Azalea. It's still recovering.
4,5: In 2012 the whole area filled in again with junk.. Eventually I cleared the central section and added an arbor. The Azalea was still bare sticks except for the ends of the branches, so I cut it back hard. This year it has lots of foliage, not sure if we'll get flowers next year or not.