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keswing
6 years ago
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Garden Design Help: Lousiana
Comments (8)I am very familiar with nola and BR. I think those palms are fairly overgrown, I would trim out the bottom fronds giving you more bed space. That would also draw your eye east to west. Your bed isn't deep enough for a lot of stuff so quality is more important than quantity in your case. I would take out the shrubs, appear to be barberry. I would replace with things like daylily, Louisiana Iris, and birds of paradise if in nola for great color. You could then use sweet potato vine in the front of the bed to break up the edging. Think uptown landscaping. I would then look into a mandavellia or something with color for the area that gets to 4foot in front of the brick wall on the left. Maybe even if your feeling wily a dwarf meyer lemon or key lime that you espalier yourself in front of the brick wall on a piece of black metal garden lattice, try to find something with 3ft wide by 6ft high, I in vision it with flour de lis on the top and fresh limes or lemons in my mind. I wouldn't find a cheap piece of metal work either, it is going to be viewed everyday and thin aluminum or steel is decent but I would go out and spend 150$ on it. Any kind of climbing vine would work and if the front of the house faces south you can get away with most tropical vines. I would also kill the grass on the front entry right in front of the house # on both sides for an area to get two 2 foot high pots. That will pull your eye more to the front door and make your beds seem larger than they are. In them I would go with a 3 plant design involving spillers, fillers, and focal. Something like a grass, some bright coleus, and supertunia or echoing the sweet potato vine. If your in nola the spv will survive the winters that don't get cold, you can propagate it easily in water, and it will look good. You will have to prune the heck out of a dwarf meyer lemon to keep it espaliered in that space but the lime will work. Its about as small a space as I'd ever try an espalier but would be amazingly cool and great conversation piece, not to mention the fresh fruit. I am in town some if you needs some help hit me up....See MoreFront garden re-design help!
Comments (3)Sango Kaku is a very very cool and unique Japanese maple. The fire red bark makes it especially nice in winter. However, they get very big for a Japanese maple 15-20ft and nearly as wide in 10 years. You might want to consider moving that to the far left corner of the house or maybe even into the yard. If you like the look of Sango Kaku, Acer palmatum 'Beni kawa' gives that same nice bark, but much more dwarf growing to only about 7ft by 4ft in 10 years For conifers, you will need to figure out exactly how much direct sun the spot gets. If it's over 2 hours of afternoon sun, I think you could try some really nice cultivars. You might consider: - Sciadopitys verticillata 'Joe Kozy' (Japanese Umbrella Pine) - Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Fastigiata' (Japanese Plum Yew) - Podocarpus macrophylla - Thuja occidentalis 'Degroot's Spire' - Cedrus deodara 'Karl Fuchs' - This could be a gamble, depending on how much sun you get. Cedrus is very popular in TX because it's extremly heat and drought tolerant, but does prefer a bit more sun... Might be worth a shot thought, because there are a lot of really nice cultivars in the Cedrus family....See Moremedium-sized plants for part shade
Comments (11)as i'm thinking about your question I'm imagining the space, and realizing that 3' x 8' is about the size of a sofa.I'm thinking you need bold visuals- rather than small fussy foliage-to play off the all-green back wall and to be seen across a distance from the walkway. I am thinking a small variegated weigela, which blooms a long time,along with a small deep purple presence- a patch of purple perilla or a mini dk. ppl.weigela or your ppl.heuchera idea.A 3-season patch of Yellow (that would also play nicely w/ the rozanne) could be provided by carex Bowles Golden or Hakonechloa or golden Tradescantia____ which would provide you some spiky form in the midst of mounded shapes.Also helpful for shape and color and height variety- would be the tall yellow flower spires of kirengeshoma and the ppl. foliage w/ white floral spires of cimicifiga black negligee. you might like 1 or 2 peonies next to your iris. best, mindy...See MoreShade Garden design help
Comments (1)I tried and failed with Japanese maple in Central Texas. They require a lot more light than the descriptions led me to believe. Mine strained for the light so hard it became an eyesore. At the same time, they just can't take Texas heat. They also require a special bed, with highly acidic soil. Hollies can also get quite leggy without adequate light. I suppose you wouldn't want something as commonplace as nandina. If you get at least four hours of direct light, with some filtered light, you might take a look at Spring Bouquet Viburnum. It would like to get to eight feet, but will settle for five....See Morekeswing
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