Our house! I cleaned up the front bed last weekend, moving around the plants that were still alive and doing what I could to save others. Then planted new flowers around the old(er) ones. Alex mulched it for me and then helped Paul to do one of my dream wish-list items… they took out the mangled bushes from the front! (These unsightly bushes were uneven and patchy, they pulled them out and evened out the brick work in the front!) I still can’t believe that they did it… it was *not* on Paul’s radar and it was definitely a nice surprise made on my behalf. Yesterday, George (Paul’s Dad) and I put new boston ferns in the hanging baskets. The old ones did not fare the storm well and had to be replaced. Unfortunately, these aren’t the nice and full nursery variety, but the $6 Lowe’s variety! They aren’t quite as striking as our previous bunch but should grow in well. I also added some dianthus and mums to the porch steps and side urn. Viola! A cleaned up post-Katrina front yard. (Just don’t ask us about the back… yikes!) 
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Randy | 29-Oct-05 at 3:15 pm | Permalink
Wow it looks beautiful!
Holly | 30-Oct-05 at 5:54 am | Permalink
Thanks! If you look past the dead grass, fence up against our neighbor’s house (now removed) and other subtle signs of debris (you can just see the start of the 5-foot pile of debris from the backyard in the far right of the picture) it looks like everything is fine! 🙂 I want to plant caladium in front of the holly bushes (will plant the bulbs in January or buy the plants to put in during the spring) and put annuals in front of them. I’m not sure what to do with the front planters on each side. I’d like a blooming bush-type plant… like a hibiscus or camilla or mandevilla… but I’m not sure which is best?