Duluth - Georgia - USA - Zone 7b

The House & Backyard Area

February 2002
There was a very old, no longer fruit baring apple tree in the backyard.  We removed this after the first season as it was evident that the tree was past its prime.

July 2003
I created  a semicircle flowerbed by the back patio and a hockey stick shaped bed along the back walk.  In these I planted several different iris', roses and all sorts of pretty perennials.  The semicircle has swamp Daylilies that were on the property when we moved here and a Japanese Maple in the center.
Here you can see my next flowerbed in the making.  I have since decided that the very expensive black fabric is not worth it.  The weeds grow right through it.

September 2003
After putting the black fabric down I mulched the entire area.  Here I am just starting the second path of flagstones.

April 2004
I laid out my vegetable garden with pressure treated 2x8's and placed drainage pipes around it to remove rain water.

April 2005
The Redhaven peach tree and other fruit trees are doing well.  I keep the area between them well mulched and spread Preen around every 3 months to keep weeds from germinating.

April 2005
I have three climbing roses growing on the curved metal trellis.  They are Joseph's Coat, Spice so Nice and a rootstock that lost its graft but looks lovely with the other two roses.  I also have a row of English tea roses running along the flagstone path.  In winter 2008 I dug up all these tea roses and gave them away as they constantly had black spot and never actually looked nice.  I also dug up the rootstock as it was way too aggressive and replaced it with a Zepherin Drouhin climbing rose, which is gorgeous.  One tea rose I did keep was Heaven on Earth, which is somewhat a cabbage rose, smells like heaven and blooms all spring, summer and fall.  Its flowerheads droop so I placed it above the pond so that it can be seen from below.

June 2009
This shot is taken from my workshop.  Here you can see the trellis with the native red honeysuckle that is an absolute hummingbird magnet.  It gets powdery mildew but is still well worth having.  To the right of the trellis is my other espaliered Asian pear, this one in a candelabra shape.  To the left of the arbor are two clematis, a sweet little crimson bloom named Madame Julia Correvon and a pink trumpeted bloom called Duchess of Albany.  They make a beautiful combination.

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