Ahhh...raw space...gotta love it! You do have a lot of work ahead of you. But I look forward to seeing it later this summer. A surprise Canna wouldn't hurt, would it? :-) Linda

It's going to be lovely, M! You are taking your time and doing it right, and it will pay off in the end. I have some Indian hawthorne along one wall of my house that was there when I moved in. I thought it was boring and planned to take it out, but it has now filled out nicely, and looks pretty, and best of all, it has had not one shred of maintenance or care from me. That tells me it is a plant it and forget it kind of shrub, and in some areas, that's just what you want. I think you'll be happy with yours. Keep us posted with new pics as things start filling in. It will be fun to watch it all grow! Marcia

Here some pictures of the poor rose bed after I have taken the roses out of this section. In this one you can see the poor wilted shrub rose replanted by the trellis. You can also see some of the roses that I never got around to moving more in the front of the picture. The section to be replanted. Look further down towards the back in this picture and you can see daylily row there in the back. The view of the section to be planted from the other way. I need to do some prunning of the shrubrow that I have planted accross from this rose bed as some of the shrubs have grown much taller than I thought they could. Still, most of the shade come from the branches of my neighbors cutleaf maple that overhang the property. I have spoken to him about trimming the branches back and its on the project list. He wants to have the tree guy come and thin the tree so that more light comes thru underneath on his property and I would pay the guy at the same time to take back those branches hanging over. Pays to get along well with your neighbors. I am still working on the placement of the little roses but am stuck mostly inside today as I have some work that will take a long time that absolutely has to be done today.

Thanks, and I am sorry I did not get to it or at least some of it. It has been hetic around here with DH having test regarding his breathing and heart, flu going around, getting a shot for my back etc. thanks again marie