Thanks everyone. My neighbors garden is horrid but he is an old old man and was recently in the hospital for 6 months he actually planted some flowers in his yard the other day i guess he was feeling bad about his garden after we planted. Hes a really sweet man so I dont make problems for him. I've included a pic of what his yard looked like last year. Its been weeded since then. I'm kinda freaking out a bit about my boxwoods because the leaves are turning yellow and bronzey orange in places It isnt a lot but its on quite a few of the plants I think I may have overwatered them. Its also been raining the past 2 days and expected to rain for 2 more. I hope they make it. Id feel terrible if i killed them.

I haven't been visiting GW much this past year because of personal reasons, but popped in today and was delighted to see your bog garden pics. I remember the earlier postings and you've come a long way. Great job! As someone else said, plants in this kind of setting grow fast!! So expect to have to remove, cut back, split, give away, etc. the plantings quite a bit as time goes by. About your pathway, my suggestion would be to use the one chair you have near the entrance of the path (actually partially on the path - feet on the path where it is dry - and put something with some weight on the opposite side. One idea would be to dig in (a bit) the rock you found (dugout) into the grass area to the side front of the mulch path. Just curve in the bog bed right up to into the mulch path at that point, letting the rock protrude just a bit into the mulch to tie things together and still leave the path usuable. Then add behind and somewhat to the side what I call a "stop and look at me plant", a small sedge like Carex Bowles Golden would be perfect, giving some height and brilliant color, and lastly add a small rustic sign BOG GARDEN or WELCOME, or whatever you like or find to the combo.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who has problems with husbands! I think he was hoping I wouldn't notice...the giveaway was that the metal name plate that was in the ground next to Eyeconic Pink Lemonaide was nowhere to be found either. I probably wouldn't have noticed it was gone for a while longer, except the big pile of mulch that I had a round it blew his cover! Rosa Rugosa Alba is a great rose. HMF says it has an occational repeat, but mine repeats very well. If you look on the very left of the last picture you can see a shot of the entire bush...and thats only 3 years ownroot! Tammy

No guesses on the party question from me. I have a bad case of CRS and it doesn't seem to get better. Now my buddy, Plantlady Jan has a good "rememberer". She remembered that I'll be away over Easter and she sent Easter/April presents early. What a nice surprise. There is a wooden Happy Easter sign for on my door. Guess it is time to take down the one that says "Fat Snowmen Last Longer". This year they are lasting too long even for me to appreciate. The new sign has a cute bunny holding a carrot on a string. A note pad holder with a brown bunny and beautiful spring flowers was the next thing I pulled out. Cute as can be and it has place for a picture on top. For now I'll enjoy the message that says Love Grows in a Garden.So true. Then came a nicely framed print of a snowman and a cat standing in a snowstorm. Really cute and it says Let it Snow. About 90% of the time I say that too. It is really nice and will be one of my treasures in my new house. Very "country" and will be perfect there. Jan sent me a welcome stone for my garden too. It has Daffodils(SP??) bees and dragonflies. It will start off standing beside my new front door. Later I'll find a special place in the garden for this. A chocolate bunny and an "energy therapy" cleansing bar for body and soul.Hummm maybe both together will give me enough energy to get me moving again. OK Jan,picture me singing in the shower while nibbling the ears off the chocolate bunny and lathering up with the energy bar. Well, maybe don't picture it but you get the idea. I need all the energy I can get these days. I'll let you know how it works. A nice soft pair of gloves will still be useful. It was -11 degrees when I came out of work this morning. I lost my favorite pair St PAtty's day/night. It's always good to have spare gloves in this climate The candle with the bunny on it is just precious. Bunny is sitting up to get a good look at all the flowers and butterflys around him on the holder. The design is pale springish colors of lavender, sage, lt yellow, and blue. So fresh and pretty, I can't describe it very well, but, I love it. Thanks again Jan. I hope the bunny finds your house too.