I ’ll start :
This year , I consecrate to … bosom my tincture . For years , I ’ve been telling myself that my one repeated border is fond shade , and stress to grow things like cosmetic dope and garden phlox in it . They never flourish , and I tell myself that I ’m not water enough , or that I need to fertilize . That ’s nonsense ! I just need to face fact . That elephantine maple bulk large over the seam , even though it ’s on the compass north side , says it all . It ’s full spook , darnit ! I just take to bulge buying more genus Funka , hellebores , and genus Epimedium and get on with it already . Sigh . I ’m gon na do it . I am . Oh , and I ’m going to cut the amount of money I drop on container plant in half . Ha ! ! I do n’t have much hope for that one …
The photo above goes with my resolution … But it ’s not of my garden ! I just want to make my FULL SHADE garden look even confining to this .
OK , your round !
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2 WAYS TO ENLARGE!Click directly on the photo to enlarge in a pop-up, or click HERE to see this image, larger, in a new browser window. A shady scene at O’Brien Hostas in Granby, Connecticut.Photo/Illustration: Michelle Gervais
