I know that I want to move the Eleanor Tabor Indian Hawthorn shrub. The tag that came with the plant recommended "full sun." The area in front of the house gets a lot of sun, but not continuous exposure.

I've decided to swap locations with the Otto Luyken Cherry Laurel that I have planted at the mailbox area. I originally planted this shrub in the back yard because the tag suggested "part shade." After a couple of years of doing nothing in the back yard, I moved it to the mailbox thinking it needed more sun. This may be too much sun.

I have never really seen this shrub flower. But it's pretty awesome when it does. The area in front of the house should work out better for the "part shade" suggestion.

Still trying to decide what to do with this Japanese Maple tree. I moved it away from the privacy hedges near the property line into an area where it can get some more sun.

I think this is a Japanese Maple tree.

The Pieris Snowdrift and both Illicium Pink Frost plants seem to be happy in the back yard.

This is the second azalea from the street along the driveway. It looks great each spring.

After a few years of shaping and pruning, the next azalea looks great also.

The next azalea has been somewhat of a mess since I've lived here. I've tried to shape and prune with some success. But it's still a mess.

I planted this Delaware Valley Azalea in 2014. After not flowering last spring, it looks great this year.

This azalea has also benefited from several years of shaping and pruning.

I headed to the 2nd UGA Horticulture Club Plant Sale of the season and came home with 4 Rhaphiolepis Indica shrubs. At least, I think they are Rhaphiolepis Indica shrubs. I forgot to take a photo of the sign where they were sitting. And there were no tags on any of the plants, nor was there a description on the receipt.

I do remember the name "Indica," however. So I'm going to go with "Rhaphiolepis Indica" or a variety of Indian Hawthorn.

Expanding my "Random Curved Shape" gets challenging at this point. My objective is to add more colorful stuff without making the space look crowded and unorganized. The Indian Hawthorn shrubs call for full sun. So I decided to add a curve to the area of the shape shown above and below.

I followed the standard procedure - clear grass/weeds, dig holes, plant, add mulch.

Since the Super Blue Lavender plants are mulched in red, I'll go with black mulch for the new Indian Hawthorn plants. Expanding the shape this way will also allow me to add my homemade mulch in between the Super Blue Lavenders, the Husker Red Beardtongues, and the Mexican Pony Tails Feather Grass in keeping with the pattern in the rest of the shape.

The 4 new Rhaphiolepis Indica "Indian Hawthorn" shrubs.

I really like the idea of using the homemade mulch to separate the groups of plants, and having either black or red mulch around the plants themselves. There are only two areas left that aren't already done this way, (between the two groups of ornamental grass plants seen above).

So I've added a new "branch" to my "Random Curved Shape."

A small pile for Leaf & Limb collection this week.

The new Vitex Shoal Creek from last week is doing well.

I found this large cluster of some kind of ornamental grass in the back yard and thought it would look good in this corner next to the front walk.

I think the ornamental grass cluster looks good in that spot.

Front yard, April 10, 2016.

Front yard, April 10, 2016.