Difficult Flower Beds



These two ferns are in pots and have to go to the basement
 for the winter.  The hostas are also in pots and stay outside.



I tried a few years ago to make some attractive square flower beds around the bases of the maple trees near the street in front of my house. 

The next year I tried to remedy the persistent, relentless root invasion by putting a layer of plastic under the skimpy soil around the trees. 

 Last year I gave up and started inserting potted plants around the  trees, disguising them with rocks and pine straw and whatever else I found.  Some I just left exposed.





The two begonias have to
 go to the basement each winter.
 I have had them several years.



The hostas seem to do well in their pots year around.