Ever Evolving! :)

 This year the lavender in this flower bed had become too woody and overpowering.

 There was only one option I saw and that was to dig in and re-do the bed! :) Like other gardeners, I love this type of creative activity! :)

 They'd grown so large that I was amazed to find only 3 plants had filled the space! We love lavender and I'd already bought 5 new young plants to put back in the space! :)

 The old plants hung so far beyond the edge of the bed that I knew I'd want to enlarge the bed to give room for the new lavender to grow! :)

 The existing plants are happy to have some breathing room again! :)

 I planted a row of peonies down the middle, that needed to be removed from the back yard. They flattened themselves to the ground, and began smothering the new plants I planted in the bed, so I ended up cutting off the stalks. If they make it, great, and if they don't, I can plant other plants in the space next year! :)

 So this is what the bed looks like now! :)

 I planted 3 white flowering tobacco plants in between the peony stalks to fill the bed this year! :)

 I also took great delight in re-adding a succulent area where it has full sun! :)

 Now I have even more succulents than I had planted before! :)

 Many bloom, and I hope they do well! :)

 Speaking of blooms, ... here are a couple that we can see again now that the old lavender is gone! :)

 Here are some new blooms I've added to the extended space! :)

 I did add all 5 of the lavender I purchased for this bed, and plan to prune them to help them stay within the allotted space and hopefully keep them from getting so woody! :)

 It's a pleasure to look at this bed now that it's extended and tidy again! :)

... Every gardener knows that a flower bed is ever evolving! :)