The vernal swamp area between our pond and the neighbor’s pond has formed.
Tag: rain
Preventing Erosion
Beautiful little bluestem and Indian grasses wave in the wind, while junipers also prevent runoff. The darker color is normal for junipers this time of year. The lambs ears are simply doing a great job filling in any blank spots, fewer each year.
Upper Rain Garden
Irish moss and sedums grow in between stones, in this area where water drains down the slope, before it eventually encounters willows, sweetgale, alders, clethra, cattails and other water-loving plants.