Green, Green The leaves.....

 

 But Is It Enough....???

I Hope You will understand, Dear Readers, that as I approach the completion of The Summer Rhododendron Shrub, I have been anxiously counting leaves and trying to figure out if the amount of batches I assumed I would need will end up being enough! Above you can see the Summer Shrub nearly finished... or at least I hoped so. I stopped making batches of leaves after 40 batches of 40 leaves each.... making 1600 leaves!

Here the last group of stems are having their leaves attached...

a Very slow process when the humidity level

 is hovering around 85% every day!

And done!

Look at that empty storage dish!

And this morning I added the last nine leafy stems to the shrub....

a Very slow process of waiting for the glue to dry

 so I could add a couple more....

But is it enough?

Surely I could fit in another batch or three of leafy branches!

We must have a look at it in The Folly Garden...

I see an awful lot of gaps....

And of course, it is so dismal and gloomy out 

(threatening to storm.... again.....) that you can barely see it...

But is it enough?

Don't get me wrong.... I Love the way it looks!

But is it dense enough....?

I think it needs more leaves.....

*sigh*

Is it just a matter of the angle of viewing...?

From above it looks a bit fuller....

But from bench level.... it's a bit "airy".

And maybe it will look a lot better in sunshine....

Perhaps if I give it time it will "grow" on me...!

Maybe one or two more batches of leaves.....

We are close, Dear Readers....

Ah, yes, I will be making more batches of leaves

 no matter what....

There is a whole 'nother shrub waiting in the wings!

So Green leaves, here we come!