Mid-Atlantic Gardening: My Maine "Vacation", 1 by rcn48

rcn48 wrote:
One last look at the firepit as we make our way to the final stage of this project! Emily plans to have Adirondack chairs placed around the pit but she wouldn't settle for the "cheap" ones we saw at the local hardware store! She wants to wait until she can afford the "real" thing :(

Looking from the side steps at their back door, the three arrows on the left are Blue Moss Cypress, 'Boulevard' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/57669/. I had taken three pots with me and wasn't sure where we would use them. This location suited them fine and they were spaced so they'll grow together and provide some privacy from the road while sitting around the pit. To the right is the black foliage of the Elderberry, Sambucus 'Black Lace' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/56964/ which my mother bought for Emily and Matt's new landscape while the two of us were out plant shopping for her garden :) The shrub on the far right is the golden foliage of Ninebark, Physocarpus 'Dart's Gold' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/65479/. I managed to get all three of my "colors", blue, burgundy (black) and gold combined in this planting :) The last minute planting Sunday morning in the rain before leaving included a row of Hostas on either side of the firepit and the area you'll see next!