May 26th - Arborvitae
Not much planned for the holiday, so i decided to run out to one of the local big nurseries I hadn't been to yet to see if I could find the shrubs I was looking for. I though I wanted Golden Globe arborvitae, but when I saw what they had, I realized I really was looking for Rheingolds. The golden globe was a greeny-yellow gold, and the rheingold was a yellow-gold with bronze-brown tips. Much more striking I think. I picked up 3, but I only had the bed ready for one- the one right by the front step in the plan. So that is planted now, and I will be waiting till the fall to plant the other two, since I need to get at least one of the dwarf blue spruce ready to plant first so I can design the bed around them both and make sure the layout is right. So now our planted plant total is up to 6- 3 dwarf Alberta spruce, one on either side of the garage and one at the far corner of the house by the living room, one rheingold arborviate by the front steps, one gold mop falsecypress (I think?) by the lamppost, and one dwarf Korean lilac shrub in the back by the morning room.
posted by Bee @ 7:58 PM
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