conifer fashion sense
Picea seems to have the best fashion sense when it comes to skirts. Here’s P. ‘Bush’s Lace’. I really like how I’ve artistically adorned it with greenery. ;)
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Garen Rees
5 years agoMy skirt was adorned with dandelion and oxalis. I finally just got around to mulching under it.
stuartlawrence (7b L.I. NY)
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoI love the variety Engelmannii 'Bush's lace'. I originally mulched my Bush's Lace but I was afraid that it would turn the lower new growth brown so I removed it. Now I just remove the weeds by hand.
maackia thanked stuartlawrence (7b L.I. NY)maackia
5 years agoNice to see there are others who have a few weeds growing in the garden.
This is P. omorika ‘Gotelli Weeping’, but it could be something else. No matter, it wears it well.
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Ontario_Canada5a_USDA4b
5 years agostuartlawrence (7b L.I. NY)
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoOntario_Canada5a_USDA4b
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoGaren Rees
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoMaackia - I'm diggin your omorika. I wish mine were that size.
Sam - That 'Falling Waters' is awesome. I keep forgetting that I need one of these.
Coniferbros - That puddle of a Picea gluaca 'Pendula' is too cool. You would never expect that to be what it is. Will be interesting to see if retains that crazy flat ground cover form.
Stuart and Ontario - That's an interesting subject, wether mulching effects skirts. I have some skirts that I've had mulch under that have no problem with it at all but I've also experienced the opposite. I mainly noticed that my newly planted trees or transplanted trees with skirts usually get some browning. Probably due to transplant shock, stressed tree on hot reflective mulch. I think that having mulch under them in the long run is okay but I'm also interested in what others have experienced. I've seen many trees with skirts that are mulched under. Not having mulch can cause mud to splatter and coat needles when it rains that may cause needle loss as well. Curious.
maackia
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoHow about a juniper on a standard on a mound? :) The deer got this standard good a few years ago (>60%) but it is going strong. Bonus volunteer peonies this year as well in front left of juniper. I threw the cottonwood stump in a low wet area and its growing like crazy now as this area fills up after heavy rains(all trees on large mounds). Pic from 5/29.
FrozeBudd_z3/4
5 years agoUser
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoThanks! Its nothing fancy, just Juniperis procumbens ‘nana’ on standard. Here is another angle showing how I had to redirect its branches with a stake when I discovered volunteer peonies coming up under it. This is my mini “on standards” garden (dwarf globe spruce, blue star juniper, and the juniperis procumbens nana). The “on standards” garden also has a papoose spruce and arborvitae forever goldy which are not on standard. Not sure if Im gonna move or heavily prune the forever goldy.
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whaas_5a
5 years agoOnly real men show off their skirts!
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5 years agoEarlier on this thread there was a question about conifers on stone. Here juniper grows over stone, perfectly happy, no issues.
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