As my inaugural post on goyablog III I’ll continue from and update the last post from goyablog II. . . .
I spent the last four days week landscaping around the new addition and ended up planting these:
1. Ligustrum japonicum (Japanese Privet, 5)
2. Ilex crenata ‘Soft Touch’ (Soft Touch Japanese Holly, 3)
3. Pinus mugo pumila (Swiss Mountain Pine, 3)
4. Juniperus conferta (Shore Juniper Blue Pacific, 12 15)
5. Thymus serpyllum (Mother-of-Thyme, 10)
6. Rosmarinus officinalis (Rosemary, 2)
7. Golden Carpet (have to look up full name, 6)
8. Abelia X grandiflora ‘Rose Creek’ (Rose Creek Abelia, 1)
9. Pieris japonica ‘Valley Rose’ (Japanese Pieris ‘Valley Rose,’ 2)
10. Acer palmatum ‘Kiyohime’ (Japanese Maple ‘Kiyohime,’ 1)
11. Sedum spurium (Just plain ol’ Sedum 6, but 2 didn’t make it)
12. Trachelosperum asiaticum (Asiatic Jasmine, 5)
13. Pachysandra terminalis (Japanese Surge, 5)
14. Gardenia augusta ‘MADGA I’ (Gardenia ‘Heaven Scent,’ 2)
15. And transplanted 7 Liriope (Lilyturf, aka “monkey grass”)
That makes 73 plants by my count. Add to that 50 bags of pea pebbles at about 40 pounds each lugged from Home Depot. And about 10 bags of mulch and about 6 bags of soil additive. Rough estimate of total cost was about $700-$800. Labor was free.
Given that I am now transitioning to my book chapter that involves the greenification movement (ryokka undō, 緑化運動) and tropicalization of Okinawa after the war, I figured that a little greenthumbing was in order. And I guess my grennification of the original version of this lovely template by Brieuc de la Fournière, aka ieub, is relevant too. Photos of garden to follow once I finish laying the rock garden find the time.
