Azaleas and Japanese Maple Transplant

The azaleas are finally in bloom and look great! I couldn't have asked for a better color from Bob's transplant. John pulled out the 3 dwarf evergreens from the island bed yesterday and the plan is to transplant them at Bob's house. He also pulled out the Japanese maple and we got a nice sized root ball. It's now planted on the bank near the pool and I think it looks happy there. We had some cool weather so it was a good time to transplant it.

The island is cleared out now and I have a good view of the perennials and shrubs that will remain. Now I can start to sketch out and plan where I'm going to move and re-arrange things.

The dwarf azalea on the far side of the garage. This will be moved to the island in the fall hopefully, and the creeping juniper will get ripped out. The little sand cherry in the back yard will get moved here:


Bob's azalea:


The back yard azalea:


Little sand cherry. This actually produced a few flowers for the first time since we moved here. I think it will do better in the sunny spot in the front where the dwarf azalea is:


Flowering barberry:


Blue princess holly covered in flowers:


Japanese maple in its new home:


"Blue" tulips at their peak:


A couple of shots of the front beds:




Lamium in the pool bed starting to flower purple, pink and white: