Dwarf, upright Tsuga canadensis cvs
Kyle (East TN, 6b/7a)
3 years ago
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Comments (23)You have a beautiful home! Congratulations on your hard work and the outstanding results. Why not create a GARDEN rather than a row of foundation plantings? While sitting on your porch, why not have something nice for YOU to see? What I envision there is DEPTH through a little garden that looks good from the street, from your walkway and from your porch. In your photo -- at the bottom of your wide stairs I see a landing (brick?) and a group of plantings off to the right side? Why not come out to the outside depth line of that group of plantings and go left with a generously curved garden room? You could place some nice stepping stones leading from that brick landing heading off to the left corner of your house. Place them in a nice curve so that a person can wander down the path and see your nice lattice work. Make the "destination" for your path a nice small ornamental tree (Japanese Maple in your area?) set off the left corner of your porch, slightly forward so you can see it from the landing and the porch. You could add a garden accent such as a small bench, finial or olive jar to create the vignette. A water feature using a jug overflowing into stones beneath would also give you some sound while enjoying your porch. On the outside of your path (the street view) you can plant a nice mix of woody ornamentals, blend in a few evergreens, add spring bulbs and perennials to give you year-round interest. On the inside curve of your path next to your lattice, you can choose from a wide variety of small evergreen and deciduous choices. I can't suggest the actual plants since I'm down here in North Carolina and have no experience with your zone. That said, I like to use foliage colors that work well together. My favorite combination is purple/burgundy with gold foliage accented with a variegated green/white. As an example, I have a vignette beside my waterfall that consists of a cryptomeria japonica (nice green, zone 5-9), hypericum androsaemum 'albury purple' (burgundy woody ornamental, 3x3', zone 5-7), creeping jenny -Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea' (gold ground cover, zone 3-8), Lobelia x speciosa 'Queen Victoria'(red perennial, zone 6-8), Carex morrowii 'Silver Sceptre'(variegated sedge, zone 5-9). In creating a "color" vignette, you will notice that I mix textures and leaf shapes. The cryptomeria is textured, the hypericum has oval leaves, the sedge has narrow fountain leaves, the jenny has round leaves, the lobelia is tall, thin and spikey. My waterfall cryptomeria is too tall for your space, but there is a cryptomeria japonica 'globosa nana' that I use in my shrub garden that is a nice mounded, rounded shape, slow-growing to 5x5 for zones 5-9. It is somewhat rusty red in winter here. I use it as a backdrop for deutzia gracilis 'nikko', a deciduous white flowering shrub 3x3, zones 4-8. Please take your time with your project. Look at the space at different times of the day from different locations. Think about what you want to "do" there rather than what you want passerbys to see. Best wishes. Here is a link that might be useful: see photos 14-17 for vignette...See MoreOrganic (Urban) Conifering Intro 1
Comments (3)The plant fotographied at Etzelstorfer nursey named Pinus nigra "Birte" are very doubtfull. The true "Birte" are a small globose plant. Clement...See MoreBreeder's Hall - 31 - Sidney Waxman, Storr CT USA
Comments (9)Nice pics, thanks Thunderhead is first in the collection. Kevin, till now we had no infos, that Sid made anything with Abies koreana. Nate, Its good. Denver is far enough from Connecticut to collect of his selections, but as I guess, its a great work there for the american conifering. I wish to all american breeders to send a copy of their finds to Denver BG. They give attention for. Thanks Denver. Zsolt...See MoreBest weeping dwarf hemlock for zone 6?
Comments (7)Sorry Paul. You didn't specify if it was to be upright and that's how I read it, plus I was on a quick mission to get some work done yesterday outside. Tsuga canadensis 'Silver Bridge' Tsuga canadensis 'Youngcone' T.c. 'Bennett' Best I can offer up. Dax...See Moretsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱
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