More weedblock installed, more wheelbarrowsful of woodchip wheeled and barrowed into place. I'm sure the weedblock won't last its advertised thirty years, due to the water levels, but it should help some, especially with several inches of mulch on top.
Planted a Bailey red-twig dogwood (Cornus seicea "Baileyi") in the front garden. These make nice green shrubs during the summer, but it's in the winter that they really shine. The branches and stems are a bright red. Should be stunning in the snow.
And two new clematis: a white one, Miss Bateman (Clematis x "Miss Bateman") in the bottom-left corner at the back of the house, left of the steps up to the garden, where it should mingle with the new climbing rose. And a "mystery" clematis--labelled "Mixed Clematis", Clematis hybrid, at the front left of the house, against the trellis to the left of the footpath to the downstairs kitchen door. The label shows a pink flower with a pinker stripe, a mauve flower with a very-rose stripe, a purple flower with a yellow centre, and a purple flower with a pink, hairy centre. As my blue hyacinths came up pink, maybe this clematis will be blue.
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