New Plantings

Most people look at this picture and see lots of cute new little plants.  I look at it and think tons of things at once:

• Of the beautiful blooms the redbud will have when the neighboring dogwoods are in bloom
• How happy a visitor will be when they step out of their car and smell the gardenia bushes
• How fun it will be to clip hydrangea from the shrubs, never mind how pretty they’ll look mature, in bloom and spilling around the curve
• How yummy the daphne will smell like when visitors are walking up the front walk in the middle of a February thaw
• And finally, that hopefully a neighbor or the homeowner or someone who walks regularly in the neighborhood will love seeing a different plant in full glory every month of the year.