Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Hey, Chantell!, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
This is a bit more to the right.....

Behind the trunk is an elevated bed where I have some Northern Sea Oats doing OK--and a Gooseberry bush--NOT doing much of anything....
The taller shrub to the right is my French Lilac. It blooms every year--but is also getting old.
Trying to "rejuvenate" it by cutting down some of the older stems at the base.

You can see my patio edge in the first picture.
The corner (YUK) bed, is my property line. As you can see--I do not have much room to play with.