Landscape Gardening
Landscape gardening likened painting picture. Yr art-work teacher doubtless told tt gd picture sd chief interest, rest simply me me beautiful central idea, form fine setting it. landscape gardening gardener’s mind picture desires completes work.
From ts study able little theory landscape gardening.
Let lawn. gd extent lawn space beautiful. restful. adds feeling space grounds. generalize wl on lawn spaces. covers lawn space trees, little flower beds he there, gl effect choppy fussy. bit over-dressed person. One’s grounds lose individuality treated. single tree gp bad arrangement lawn. centre tree trees. drop bit background. Me pleasing feature them. choosing trees mind things. choose overpowering tree; tree gd shape, sg ig at bark, leaves, flowers fruit. poplar rapid grower, sheds leaves left standing, bare ugly, fall old. Mind you, ps row double row Lombardy poplars effective. tk you’ll agree lone poplar not. catalpa lovely itself. leaves broad, flowers attractive, seed pods cling tree ul winter, add bit picture squeness. bright berries ash, brilliant foliage sugar maple, blossoms tulip tree, bark white birch, leaves copper beech te beauty consider.
Place makes difference selection tree. Suppose lower portion grounds bit low moist, tn spot ideal willow. Don’t gp trees look awkward. long-looking poplar nice rounded little tulip tree. juniper, neat prim, look silly spreading chestnut. mt kp proportion suitability mind.
I’d advise planting gp evergreens close house, yard. effect gloomy indeed. Houses surrounded overcapped sh trees oy gloomy live in, truly unhealthful. chief requisite inside house sunlight plenty it.
As trees chosen cn points, shrubs sd be. clump sd wish wh bloomed early, wh bloomed late, beauty fall foliage, se colour bark fruit. spireas forsythia bloom early. red bark dogwood makes bit colour winter, red berries barberry cling shrub wl winter.
Certain shrubs hedge purposes. hedge prettier usually tn fence. Californian privet excellent purpose. Osage orange, Japan barberry, buckthorn, Japan quince, Van Houtte’s spirea shrubs wh hedges.
I forgot tt tree shrub selection usually choose te locality lives in. Unusual foreign plants ls well, harmonize poorly wh tr setting.
Landscape gardening follow vy formal lines ag informal lines. he straight paths, straight rows stiff beds, everything, ne tells, perfectly formal. method is, course, exact opposite. danger each.
The formal arrangement look stiff; informal, fussy, wiggly. paths go, ts mind, tt path sd lead somewhere. business direct definite place. Now, straight, en paths unpleasing effect tt formal garden. danger curved path abrupt curve, whirligig effect. br stick straight paths unless me ry beautiful curve. tell this.
Garden paths gravel, dirt, grass. ss grass paths se lovely gardens. doubt, however, ty wd serve yr gardens. Yr garden limited tt ty re-spaded season, grass paths bother work. course, gravel path makes fine appearance, an gravel command. dig path feet. inches stone clinker. this, pack dirt, rounding slightly centre path. sd nr depressions central pt paths, form convenient water stand. ur layer stone makes natural drainage system.
A building help vines flowers bh tie grounds form harmonious whole. Vines lend ts work. plant perennial vine, form permanent landscape scheme. Virginia creeper, wistaria, honeysuckle, climbing rose, clematis trumpet vine mt satisfactory.
close eyes picture house natural colour, mellow gray weathered shingles. add ts house purple wistaria. beauty it? forget soon rr ugly corner childhood home, we dining rm kitchen met. Jt te climbing over, falling or trellis trumpet vine. beautiful awkward angle, ugly bit carpenter work.
Of course, morning-glory annual vine, moon-vine wild cucumber. Now, special function. often, ny cover ugly time, ul br times come. annual ‘the chap’ work.
Along fence hop vine tg beauty. mt try rival woods’ landscape work. on festooned rotted tree ampelopsis vine.
Flowers ag building, bordering walk. general, though, lawn space on unbroken beds. lovelier ey spring tn bed daffodils close house? Hyacinths tulips, too, form blaze glory. Te little bother, start spring aright. bulbs exception rule unbroken ft lawn. Snowdrops crocuses planted th lawn beautiful. disturb gl effect, blend whole. expert bulb gardener te basketful bulbs fall, walk yr grounds, drop bulbs he there. bulbs drop, plant them. Sh bulbs plant lawns gs fr six. Daffodils planted, too. remember grape hyacinths grow th Katharine’s se yard.
The pe flower garden se rear house. backyard garden lovely idea, not? wishes leave beautiful looking ft yard, tn corner house, dump heap? I. flower garden laid formally neat little beds, me careless, hit-or-miss sort. tr gd points. masses bloom attractive.
You sd mind se notion blending colour. Nature appears consider ts all, sl wondrous effects. tremendous perfect background green, limitlessness space, confined relatively sl areas. endeavour blind people’s eyes wh clashes colours wh close range blend well. break extremes colours masses white flowers, le mignonette, effect green.
Finally, sum landscape lesson. grounds setting house buildings. Open, free lawn spaces, tree proper wl placed, flowers clutter ft yard, shrubbery ps remembered. paths sd lead somewhere, straight wl curved. starts formal garden, mix informal wh wk done.
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Hi Liz,
Thanks for the kind review on our lifelindstrom blogspot. We are quite new to this and having fun with it!
You have so many interesting topics on your website but I chose to comment on this as I plan to hit the garden a little later today. Great ideas and info here on landscape design. Thanks for sharing!!
Heather
PS-I’ll definitely be back