"...they aren't to impressive after all the great pictures others have been posting..."

All pictures are great pictures, including these.

That edging looks great there, a nice find, and that corner was done nice too.

tj

It looks wonderful, really sets off the area and the Hosta look great.
Cher

A nice arrangement of leaf colors and variegation. Be sure to show us some pics next year as well! I'm sure you're really anxious to watch these grow. Thanks for sharing. :)

Love the edging, leafwatcher! Your gardens look like mine, with all the newbie plants. They will look awesome in a few years!!
Karen

Very nice, love the edging! You have so much discipline in your spacing!

very nice! I too have planted some new gardens this plast year, and tried to space them accordingly, so my beds look like yours. I'm not very patient, woefully, so I've added companion plants to fill up spaces. Lots of ferns, heucheras, hellebores, astilbes, etc. Plus big rocks, interesting stumps, birdbaths, "garden accouterments" as they say. Still looks pretty bare until the hostas get bigger!

Sandy

Very disciplined on the spacing! I had a part of my garden that looked that way for a little while,but now the plants are touching each other! Nice gardens,though. Keep up the good work. Phil

Very nice plantings, looks like no slug and nematode problems, I like the neatness. I have new plantings like yours though not this great looking stone edging. I agree with Phil, soon they will be big and gorgeous!
Bernd

Great looking edging for your beds. While the hosta may be young, the tall plants shading them are fairly mature and keep it from looking barren.

You are more disciplined than I am, and I suppose that I will be digging out plants dug too close together, and that will set them back more than I'd like. When the time comes, I will grit my teeth and TRY to resist packing them together.

Incidentally, my power came back on about an hour ago, after being off since some time last Thursday I think. My Sum & Substance is still looking pretty good after taking over 8 inches of snow and temps in the 20s. And a good frost. I keep waiting for them to succumb to the season, and they all keep plugging along. Tougher than I imagined.

Thanks everyone for the kind words! I think I dug the trench , and leveled the edging on the two most humid days of the year... Its a good thing sweat doesn't hurt the garden ! haha It makes it very easy to mow and maintain with the edging at ground level..Though I admit..every time I see a garden with a nice block wall planter I am envious of that look as well.

When I planted I really tried to look down the road a few years. The more I read here, the more I understood that spacing, and not disturbing the plants is a big bonus. I was pretty tempted every time I set a new plant down to put them closer.

The few smaller types I did put out front with larger ones behind. With a little luck there won't be much mulch showing in the summer months :)

What's the thing with the gargantuan leaves in the last pic?

Deanna

A very rare Hosta.. ;)

Rhubarb! I have a few pies worth a year from that little clump...

When you let the Rhubarb flower, those huge stalks are very impressive!