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Comments (11)Love! Thank you. Would never have thought to make bed this small or put tree on right side of garage but I love both. I see now exactly what you mean about making it more inviting . So much better, thank you from saving me from a huge mistake! Called my landscaper and he is going to reshape the island on Monday. We leave for vacation next sat so I think we should wait until we return in a week to plant? Guessing we need to water daily?...See MoreHouse on top of a hill, need help with landscape design
Comments (10)I guess no one is going to be surprised that the tree screams out to me for limbing up. But now it's a predicament. The branching structure is such that limbing it up like it ought to be would disfigure it all the way to the top, because the major upper limbs begin very low on the trunk. (This should be a general reminder to people to pay attention to the branching structure while the tree is young and as it grows, and not think all the trimming work can be successfully done at the end. It can't.) Hard to tell exactly how close the tree is to the house, but its position (as well as its structure) is not flattering to the house. I'd consider removing it on account of that. If removal is not an option, then remove 4-6 lower limbs and improve it somewhat. Actually, trees off of the corners of the house would be much more useful and flattering. For the time being, I'll ignore the existing tree and go with a scheme more like this....See MoreNeed help with landscape design for smaller, north-facing front yard
Comments (4)Check out this video by Rosalin Creasy, the queen of edible landscaping. She also has a Web site. Then follow any links from there. You'll find a lot of inspirational photos and resources online. Yaardvark's basic design can be followed, you just need to figure out edible plants with the shapes he has drawn that thrive in your zone. I'm not that up on edible weeping plants, but lots of big shrub-shaped edible fruits and there are also fruit trees that have a columnar shape (column shape) such as sentinel apple trees. Raspberries and blackberry tend to get droopy and weepy-ish shaped (fountain shaped). There are edible easy to maintain groundcovers too, like lingonberry, although they need acid soil to thrive so you may have to amend. I grew bearberry which also goes by the name kinnikinnick as a groundcover. It is not really "edible" so much as medicinal, where it goes by the name Uva ursi. Lots of herb ground covers like thyme and chamomile and some low growing mints. There's also wintergreen but that needs shade and can be fussy. Not too much in the way of edible evergreens although you can grow balsam or fraser fir in some zones and collect the needles for their scent and oil. With juniper you can harvest the berries and make gin. Some junipers are columnar. Some make good groundcover, a fairly common low maintenance option for small yards. Edited to add that you're going to have to be thoughtful about planting your front yard since most edible plants like sun or partial sun, and your sun is going to be filtered at best. Try not to plant things in the shade of other things, so watch where the shadows fall during a whole day at different times....See MoreNeed help with landscape design - casual & low maintenance
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