Its funny how something unexpected can cause great change in your garden.  The tropical storm that came through a few weeks ago forced a Rose of Sharon down.  It was one of those things that I had been debating about doing for the past few months and Mother Nature made the final decision for me.

The removal of the tree really opened my eyes to what the space should be.  So now I’m ripping out the indigo (not a fun job) around my fountain and will replace it with more Frost Proof Gardenias.  The Frost Proof get tall enough to hide the deck behind the fountain and will create a nice back drop for it as well.

The Althea was smashed between the Crepe Myrtle and the Red Bud.  It was useful because it totally screened the deck from the rest of the garden.  Which is why I planted it there a few years ago but the garden sort of evolved around it and it was necessary for the Althea to move on.  Now I'm going to continue the plantings of Gardenias that are under the Red Bud and bring them across the space.

Sometimes it is hard to picture the future of your garden.  Like when you are so used to looking at small trees, it can be difficult to imagine the space when they are tall.  The Crepe Myrtle and the Red Bud will create a nice canopy once they grow up a little more.  They will close the gap.

Removal of Indigo is not fun.

It has grown into my path this summer.  AHHHH!  What a mess.  I look forward to the neatness that the Frost Proof Gardenias will bring.

So once again, one change creates a whole new vision.  Gardening is definitely not static!