This is a very active time of year. Everything is awakening for the season and growing quickly. Changes occur daily.

The new Vitex Shoal Creek looks like it has added a few leaves. The newly relocated ornamental grass cluster looks great. I don't know why. But that seemingly simple move has had a great effect on the design.

The new Indian Hawthorn shrubs.

I'm beginning to see some activity with the Coronation Gold Yarrows. The small white clusters will turn bright yellow pretty soon.

Everything is growing very fast, and very well.

The first order of business for today was to extend the homemade mulch border around the Leyland Cypress. I added red mulch to keep the alternating pattern in place.

The next item on the agenda was to finally move the Eleanor Tabor Indian Hawthorn away from the front of the house. I decided to swap locations with the Otto Luyken Cherry Laurel shrub that I moved to the mailbox area back in 2014. The Indian Hawthorn likes full sun, and the cherry laurel likes part shade.

The Indian Hawthorn was already pretty large, meaning I had to make room for it. I shifted one of the Javelin Rush Grass plants toward the driveway about a foot. But I still had to make the area larger to fully accommodate the hawthorn. This required more bricks. No problem there ! I seem to find bricks every time I put the shovel in the dirt.

The much smaller cherry laurel fit nicely in between a loropetalum (left), and the Frostproof Gardenia (right). There was a small rose bush also in that spot. I decided to move it to the area where the other two rose bushes sit, (might as well have all three clusters of sticks in the same location). This meant I ended up with a lot of room for the cherry laurel.

I took a few pics of the front yard while standing on the brick wall by the garage.

Front yard, April 24, 2016.

My "Random Curved Shape" has become much larger this season.

Front yard, April 24, 2016.

Front yard, April 24, 2016.