May 30, 2026
Part of the full color block
The ligustrum is now reading as one side of a larger composition, glowing chartreuse across from the red Shaina maple and burgundy lower planting.
Season notes
This wider view shows why the shrub works in the bed: it is bright enough to balance the maple and still low enough to leave the brick-wall structure visible.
May 27, 2026
Sunshine and liriope
The ligustrum is at full late-May glow, with creamy chartreuse foliage sitting cleanly above the variegated liriope edge.
Season notes
This is the clearest view of its job in the bed: a bright middle layer against the brick, with dark loropetalum below and the striped liriope beginning to repeat across the front.
May 14, 2026
Sunshine and burgundy contrast
A strong close view of why the pairing works: bright yellow-green shrub color held down by the purple loropetalum beneath it.
Season notes
The ligustrum is dense, rounded, and bright, while the small liriope starts at the edge show the repeating line this section is starting to build.
May 10, 2026
Chartreuse corner
Sunshine is blazing in the side-house corner, giving the whole foundation run a bright visual stop.
Season notes
The purple loropetalum and young liriope keep the color from floating by giving it darker and finer-textured neighbors.
April 21, 2026
Holding the middle
The shrub is already acting like the bright center of this side-house planting, with loropetalum spreading low around it.
Season notes
The little liriope starts are still small here, but their role is visible: repeat the front edge while Sunshine carries the color above.
April 16, 2026
Early side-house contrast
Early spring view of the ligustrum lighting up the corner while the purple loropetalum supplies the first strong contrast.
Season notes
This is the start of the side-house color relationship that keeps getting clearer through May: chartreuse shrub, burgundy contrast, and a tighter front edge forming below.