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We recently finished landscaping our yard — front, side, and back. We’re really happy with how things turned out. Before landscaping, we had HUGE wheat-looking weeds all over the place, which hid the basketball-sized rocks beneath. Now, we have grass, trees, curbing, and a nice cement pad to BBQ and entertain. I’ll explain the whole landscaping process later — a lot of lessons learned. Today, however, I just want to share about the 14 trees we bought.
We bought the following trees:
Yoshino Flowering Cherry
Spring Snow Crabapple
Pink Weeping Flowering Cherry
Kwanzan Flowering Cherry
Autumn Purple White Ash
Ornamental Pear
Forest Pansy Redbud
My wife designed the placement of the trees and she did a great job. We bought 14 trees — they were pricey, but worth it. We’re stoked to have the yard done so that the kids can have some place to play and our family can now fully enjoy being in our house.
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