Now...the fun part

     Putting down new sod is no fun.  But designing planting beds, walks, and other garden features is quite close to exciting.  As I said before, I feel like a kid in a candy store.
     My back yard is west of my house, so the new gardens shown are on the south and east sides of the new lawn. 
     The first two photos show azaleas and the groundcover Lamiastrum galeobdolon (Yellow Archangel).  The two grasses in the next two photos are Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue Fescue' and Deschampsia cespitosa 'Schottland' (Tufted  Hair Grass).  The last two photos are of Aralia cordata 'Sun King' (Golden Japanese Spikenard), along with Athyrium filex-femina 'Lady in Red" (Lady Fern).
     The yellow electrical cord marks where the cobblestones will mark the north side of the walkway, shown in a later blog.