Garden plans and woes

This azalea started blooming in May.

In late July it was still going strong (I even wrote a blog post about it).

Well, here it is late September, it’s still blooming like crazy, and I’m beginning to think this amazing plant deserves a nice big pot outside on the patio where it can really spread out.

Of course, that means figuring out a way to keep our resident deer from eating it up!

Which is particularly pertinent at the moment because the deer (or some other critters) have started eating the alyssum that I planted about a month ago — after researching and confirming that alyssum was something deer wouldn’t eat.

Ha!

I guess it’s time to call in one of our professional landscaper friends and get some down-to-earth advice before proceeding any further.