Lily’s Flower Bed

It’s been a full month, I think, since I first posted about cutting our new flower bed.  When we first got the news of Lily, I sort of put the flower bed on the back-burner.

I finished it tonight.  {Though I may add a border at some point…}

I’m not going to go into a full out drama about the whole thing, but I will tell you just a few facts:

1.  Lily was my our companion.  She was always by either mine or Andrew’s side when we were outside.

2.  She was ALWAYS in my flower beds.  ALWAYS.  Whether at our last home in Camden or in this yard, the girl was forever laying all over newly planted and established plants.

3.  When I started working on this flower bed, she was there.

So last week, after our dr’s appointment where we learned we’d lost Baby Lucas, Andrew and I ate lunch together and he said, “Let’s go to Woodley’s.”  The man knows my soul is healed by being in God’s creation so he took me to a plant nursery.  It was beautiful and peaceful.

We purchased the last few plants, after careful consideration, for the flower bed and then came home to put them into it.  After standing back and looking at everything, Andrew said, “I think we should dedicate this flower bed to Lily…and Baby Lucas.”

So here you have it.

As a refresher, we started out with a million daffodil bulbs and some loropetalum -> that we planted last Spring.  We had also added in a Weeping Cherry Tree just a couple of months ago. {Reynolds Plants A Tree…and see, Lily is right there…laying in the fresh dirt.}

Added into our new flower bed are a Mock Orange…I looked for this plant for 2 years.  No lie.  We found it last Thursday at Woodley’s.  Then, our neighbor, who is native Hawaiian, told me that they use the flowers from the Mock Orange in the Haku Lei (the crown of flowers)….

Super Bells

Wave Petunias

Salvia

Asiatic Lilies {of course, and these were insanely gorgeous when they bloomed}

Calla Lilies {from which Lily got her name}…and I don’t have a picture of them blooming because I planted bulbs with just a little greenery on them.

And anchoring the end is a Georgia Belle Peach Tree.  I mean, being from Georgia, what else did you expect?!  This tree is a self-fertile tree, meaning we didn’t need a second tree in order for it to produce fruit!  And bonus! we already have some tiny little peaches…

 

Last, but certainly not least, is a sweet little flower that I got from Reynolds for Mother’s Day {his daycare did these}

It’s a little fuzzy tonight {I’m sure we’re going to have a major storm any minute..} and a wise man told me this weekend to give it a year or two, and it will be glorious.

 

I hope you, my friend, have had a lovely Monday….and thanks again for reading my blog…it’s been a huge blessing for me to be able to have this outlet, especially over the last month.