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Gardening in South Carolina
Jul 5, 2007 | 6:39 PM PST
Tag: garden in SC

For the last few years my gardens have been high in the progress lane. At present there is light at the end of the garden tunnel.

The Iris/Lily bed, as it started out, is now infused with a myriad of plants. Then one corner became an Herb bed.  That has been a fun thing.  In the hot summer evening you can just walk to that area and begin longing for speghetti and lasanga and perhaps even a piece of great pizza.  The aroma is captivating. Can you guess which Herbs are growing there?

Between the Magnolia tree in the front yard, the honeysuckle on the fence, the wisteria in the neighborhood this is a delicious community. Years ago before my mother passed away she described the aroma 'as if someone had spilled Downy fabric softener all over town'.

At present I am working with a small embankment at the front of our lot. I am now the one to run the lawnmower and I cannot mow up or down that slope.  The bank now holds a couple of low growing shrubs, three Knock Out Roses and the Verbena is looking as if it is happy there in the hot afternoon sun. The grass has been killed out and mulch will take its place in the next week or so on the lower portion.  Hopefully that will do it for that area. There are two places at the end that I am going to try some Lavender.

In visiting local passionate gardener, I discovered the Lemon Creme Lantana.  It is a more compact plant than most Lantana, so now I must have some of that and it would also do well on that slope.

Never visit another gardeners garden if you think you are finished and ready to enjoy you own property.  Won't work.  You will come home with more ideas of ways to increase your joyful gardening bounty.

Enough for now.  More to come later.  This is my first time at a blog so bear with me as I muddle through. LB