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- Posted by mad_gallica Z5 Eastern NY (My Page) on Fri, Sep 3, 10 at 13:47
| Start by thinking about why it is there. Right now it just looks like you needed somewhere to plop a couple of plants, and that's where the shovel landed. It isn't going to be satisfactory until it is either large enough to justify itself, or connect to something else to justify it. |
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| Without intending to create a lot of work for you, I'm afraid I agree with Mad Gallica - right now, the bed has no focal point, and no real reason for being there. . .at a bare minimum, with so much open lawn beyond, it needs to be either wider (think 3') and longer (think 6'-10'), or just much larger in general allowing for plant density. You're working against SO much neutral space (lawn)! Have you considered one massive plant - a Miscanthus 'Morning Light' pops to mind, or a smaller Pennisetum 'Hamlyn', if you're concerned about height - at the top end of the bed, with the remainder of the bed flowing downward in |
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- Posted by cdo_and_doug 5a VT (My Page) on Mon, Sep 6, 10 at 18:28
| Hmmmm, nice ideas! My neighbor has something that looks similar to Miscanthus 'Morning Light' or Pennisetum 'Hamlyn' so I can look at her house if I want to visualize it. I do have a lot of smaller size rocks below that section so it might be easy to continue the rock "quarry" idea. ; ) Junipers too I do like something that lasts! I never thought of blueberries - they'd be fun! Very interesting ideas! mad_gallica ---- It may have been just how they got there Thanks for the help! |
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