I found this $5 lady figure having a 'wardrobe malfunction' at a thrift store and thought it would look very nice as a focal point as one exits the pergola. I previously had an old barrel topped with a sundial, but it eventually collapsed and the sundial was re-located to another part of the garden. The barrel underplanted with daffodils and iris but, as the burning bushes got bigger, they sort of killed out the iris, leaving a dusty, weedy patch. Although there is a forsythia bush directly behind her to conceal the 'lovely' chain link fence in the background, it was due a good pruning this spring. Now I have to endure seeing that wretched fence until the forsythia fills back in. I am still pondering what to over-plant the daff bulbs with that will thrive in such dry shade. I really, really want to put in wintergreen (Gautheria procumbens), but it absolutely hates clay soil and would just be a slow death sentence up there for it.
For now, I plan on mulching heavily and waiting until spring.
