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Im looking to do some garden landscaping & in need of some websites that I can maximize every bit of space that I have.
Im start'g on the side yard 1st & have put in my 2 trees & some sod & put in a drip system. But now I need to frame the area around the sod & my trees & in between the 2 (roughly 26'x22').
But not sure where to put the flowers. I intend to use a total of 30+ varieties as this will be my Master Garden.
Is there a website that will let me create this on my own by color? Im only using shades of Blues, Pinks, & Purples and White and a Purple Alyssum as a ground cover.
Or any websites that could/would show me layouts that have been sketched & used to give me some ideas?
Im think'g of mixing a Mediterranean Garden, a Country Garden, & Arizona Native Garden for my Master Garden.
WTF every happend to paper and pencil -
Draw the thing out - map out your own paths, plants and features - don't limit yourself to what's in a web tool.
+ Don't forget to draw the walls and do a vertical plan for climbers, creepers, bamboos and cover - think colour too.
You need books -
Get the pots and features you want and arrange them in the space - real space - work out paths and bushes - then draw it up.
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Hi! I have a small plot in my backyard that is the shape of a half circle. Its about 8x4 9x4 ish. So its not a tiny vegatable garden but its not huge. The straight side of the half circle is also one of the sides that create our sqaure concrete patio. So it comes right off of the concrete almost creating this shape--- [ ]D. I thought a path right through the center surrounded by flowers maybe with stones. But im not in love with the idea. I love colors, i live in in seasonal new jersey and the plot gets a good amount of sun with slight shade from a near by tree. Any ideas would be sooo appreciated, pictures would be beyound helpful. Nothing to extravagant though, im only 16 =]
Thanks!
I agree splitting the space with a path would limit what you can do with the space. If it is possible to buy additional compost that is the place to begin. Most flowering plants need plenty of organics in the soil to feed them and retain water in the soil between when you water. Also since you have a lovely place to sit consider the planting bed a frame to your space.
Choose one or two complementing anchors to the site. Usually compact shrubs or a small specimen tree. I like to work with a vertical shrub rose that grows in a vase shape. Rising above the soft billowing shapes of the flowering plants, the more definite forms and striking foliage of shrubs and small trees can anchor the color themes of a border.
Just as a shadowbox organizes small treasures into a unified collection, a select group of shrubs can form a small bay to enclose and feature a plant collection.
To begin think on terms of a color you like such as bronze with old gold and earth tones. Or hot summer spices cerise, paprika, and chartreuse paired with deep maroon or burgundy. Next think of texture. Some leaves are so shiny that they seem to have a coat of wax; the glossy leaves of holly and the shiny foliage of Glossy Abelia. Other foliage absorbs light like velvet does, silver lamb's ear can make a soft edger that invites fingers in to touch and calm down a bright riot of color.
A tall backdrop of Smoke tree, Cotinus coggygria, 'Royal Purple' or 'Grace' at one side and a Rosa glauca at the far corner set the seen. Plant a filigree of bronze fennel between to filter and add a translucent veil across the view beyond. If you banked the soil so it sloped up to the back it could raise the plants farther and cradle your patio within its arc.
Plant between with blue-gray rue [Ruta graveolens] or the hardy plumbago [Ceratostigma] with reddened foliage and late blue flowers.
For fill look up Achillea 'Terracotta', 'Fanal', 'Faust'
Crocosmia's, 'Solfaterre', 'James Coey' or 'Culzean Peach'
Dahlias for blooms into September like 'Summer Night' and 'Black Spider' and my favorite 'Bishop Landaff'
Include bulbs to begin the bloom in March with Iris reticulata, then early single tulips in April, followed by late singles that flower in May.
http://www.rainyside.com/features/plant_ gallery/shrubs/Rosa_glauca.html
The Rosa glauca only blooms once so grow a little viticella clematis up its branches for a second bloom in the summer.
Another pair of anchors could be Rosa 'Mutabilis' and the stems of Cornus 'Midwinter Fire' for winter interest. With Verbena bonariensis between as the back drop veil.
Peach is one of those colors that complements so many others. Think of luscious shades of melon, apricot, and coral. Blue is the complementary color so imagine cool blue spires of Veronica incana and Salvia superba 'Blue Hill' in contrast in both color and shape to the soft rosy peach blossoms of rose 'Pat Austin'. By surrounding them with companions that echo one or more of those tints, such as lilies 'Alpen Glow' or 'Peach Butterflies' and the summer foliage of Spirea bulmaldii 'Goldflame'.
Set blue Color echoes in plants-pots of Nasturtium 'Tip Top Apricot' on the patio. For this setting start the season with 'Gypsy Queen' hyacinths and 'Apricot Beauty' tulips paired with a blue scilla or grape hyacinths. Finish the season with bronze balls of dahlia 'Crichton Honey' for a striking combination that lasts until first frosts.
Color echoes in plants.
Spirea magic carpet has cerise tipped bright gold foliage in spring that settles to a more subtle gold green in summer with dark pink flowers.
Dianthus gold dust- matches spirea flowers or the black-eyed magenta flowers on Geranium ‘Ann Folkard’.
Carmine blossoms Clematis ‘Ville de Lyon’ paired with
Wine purple English rose ‘The Prince’ or English rose 'Charles Rennie Macintosh' Clematis like to climb and do well climbing up through a rose or a small tree.
http://www.naturehills.com/new/articles/ rose_and_clematis_companions.aspx
http://www.kengourley.com/rosecompanions .html
Fronted with Erysimum linifolium ‘Wenlock Beauty’ a dark-leafed evergreen wallflower. Bronzy mauve, buff yellow, and rosey pink 4-petaled flowers in spring. Trim back well after flowering to keep from sprawling.
Hemerocallis 'Druids Chant' & 'El Desperado' with
'Ballistic' a standard dwarf bearded iris- Yellow w/ striking, wide claret purple bands
I had three PJM rodedendrums planted in the shade of a maple tree, the one in the middle died twice, the others are fine. the roots of the tree must be sucking up all the moisture in that spot. what can i replace with?
You could be right about the roots, but it may also be the soil pH. Rhododendrons like acidic soil and in some areas, for them to thrive, you have to treat the soil to make it more to their liking.
I want to make a butterfly garden in the front yard of my house. There is a pretty big tree so there is plenty of shade. I do know that the yard was previously landscaped but the previous tenent let it get out of hand so I just want to do something that will look good Thanks for the answers!!
Adult butterflies are attracted to sweet, sharp and fragrant smells and the colors orange, yellow, pink, purple and red. All varieties love wild flowers & need both nectar plants and larval food plants to keep their life cycle going. Your tree will provide a nice wind protected area. If you add a birdbath, that would provide some water for them.
http://www.ccenassau.org/hort/html/butte rfly_garden.html
Plants for butterflies
http://www.geocities.com/farfalla247/pla ntlist.html
Alpine rockcress (Arabis alpina)
Aster (Aster)
Bee Balm (Monarda)
Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Bugle (Ajuga)
Butterfly Bush (Buddleja davidii)
Campion/ Catchfly (Silene)
Caragana/ Pea tree (Caragana aurantiaca)
Campion/ Catchfly (Silene)
Catmint/ Catnip (Nepeta x faasseniii)
Chives (Allium schoenoprasum)
Columbine (Aquilegia)
Common marjoram (Origanum vulgare)
Daisy (Bellis perennis)
Day lily (hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus)
Field eryngo (Eryngium)
French marigold (Tagetes patula)
Geranium (Hardy)
Golden rod (Solidago Canadensis)
Heliopsis (Heliopsis helianthoides)
Hemp agrimony (Eupatorium purpureum)
Honesty (Lunaria)
Honeysuckle (Lonicera x tellmania)
Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis)
Ironweed (Vernonia spp.)
Knapweed (Centaurea)
Knautia Scabious (Knautia)
Lavendar (lavandula angustifolia)
Lilacs (Syringa spp.)
Leopards-bane (Doronicum)
Ligularia (Ligularia spp.)
Martagon lily (Lilium martagon)
Masterwort (Astrantia)
Mezereon (Daphne)
Mouse-ear (Cerastrium)
Pennycress (Thlaspi)
Phlox (Phlox paniculata spp.)
Pink (Dianthus)
Pincushion flower (Scabiosa spp.)
Primrose (Primula)
Purple coneflower (Echinaea purpurea)
Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
Ragged robin (Lychnis)
Sweet pea (Lathyrus)
Sage (Salvia)
Siberian squill (Scilla sibiria)
Snakeroot (Liatris spicata
Speedwell (Veronica)
Stoke’s Aster (Stokesia laevis)
Stonecrops (Sedum spp.)
Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
Thrift rose (Armeria)
Thistle (Cirsium)
Tickseed (Coreopsis grandiflora, C. lanceolata)
Vervain (Verbena spp.)
Vetch (Vicia)
Yarrow (Achillea)
Yellow chamomile (Anthemis tinctoria)
Viburnum (Viburnum spp)
Zinnia (Zinnia elegans)
This site's picks for attracting butterflies are Wonder of Staffa Asters with beautiful blue flowers, Wild Geraniums, Salvia Caradonna (a beautiful purple), & Sweet Lavander (for sunnier spots)
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article /30441/flowers_that_attract_butterflies. html?page=2
A variety of blossoms offer nectar to adult butterflies, while leafy food sources, such as parsley, nourish the larvae. "Butterfly bush" lures butterflies of all sorts.
http://www.bhg.com/bhg/story.jsp?storyid =/templatedata/bhg/story/data/butterflyg arden.xml
You may want to select your plants by the type of butterflies you wish to attract. If your favorite butterfly is the Monarch, you must have Milkweed for these caterpillars to feed on. If you like Black Swallowtail, plant dill and/or parsley. Silvery Blue butterflies prefer Lupines .The Milkweed plants come in beautiful colors:
http://www.ocala.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artic le?AID=/20070210/BIGSUNHOMES/202100303/1 170/HOUSING
http://www.butterflyencounters.com/store /products.php
Host plants for the caterpillars of specific butterflies:
http://www.greendealer-exotic-seeds.com/ seeds/HowtoButterflies.html
Good Luck! Hope this is helpful.
The tree is over 30' tall. I am hoping to put in a shade garden under it once the branches are pruned. The branches are laying against the ground and have killed all of the grass so I thought that the location is a perfect place for a nice landscape accent.
No, it will seal itself. I did the same thing a couple years ago but nothing really flourishes under my pine tree. Just don't cut anymore than a third off the tree. If you are cutting the branches all the way back to the trunk, I don't think that it matters what time of year you cut. If you are just trimming, they say it should be done in the fall so that the new buds can set for the following year.
A lush landscape on a shady lot - Shade Gardens - Gardens ...
Change may be good, but it isn’t always sunny. So discovered Doris Mae Oulton and her husband, Cam Mackie, when they moved to Winnipeg from Ottawa just over 20 years ago. “We’d come from having a perfect plot with lots of sunshine to this,” Doris Mae recalls, referring to their elm-shaded lot in a city with a very short growing season.
“At first, I set my mind on certain plants,” she says. “It was only after many failures that I came to terms with the garden and realized it was the boss.” Plants that couldn’t take the harsh weather, slugs, clay and canker worms had to go. Survivors? Well, they remain today. “That’s one reason I have so many hostas,” says Doris Mae.
The couple’s willingness to adapt paid off. Viewed from an upper-level window, the verdant grid of beds and patios suggests both the elegance of a French formal garden and the wonder of a child’s literary landscape. Surely a garden designed by C.S. Lewis would have looked like this.
Garden Landscape Enhanced With White Flowers: Goatsbeard Foliage ...
When planted in drifts or massed, it is especially effective in a pond area or a moon garden.
Goatsbeard Native Perennial for Shade GardenA member of the Saxifragacae family, Goatsbeard ( Aruncus dioicus ) is closely related to Spiraea. Its appearance is somewhat similar to that of an Astilbe. This plant is native to deciduous woodlands in the North Temperate Zone. An herbaceous perennial, it is found mostly in rich woods, especially in mountainous regions. Sometimes called Bride’s Feathers, it grows to a height of five feet, and is hardy in zones three to eight.
Aruncus aethusifolius (Dwarf Goatsbeard) matures to a height of about sixteen inches, and is similar in spread. The delicate, deeply-cut leaves are fern-like. If grown in full sun, its leaves turn a rich rustic red.
White Flowers Rise Above Dense FoliageThe shrub-like erect Goatsbeard presents a dense, well-shaped mound of foliage in the landscape. The dark green, intricately-cut leaves have many toothed leaflets.
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However, be sure shrubs planted in the shade are shade tolerant or you will end up with sickly plants which will also be more vulnerable to cold injury. Watering your landscape before a freeze can help because a wet soil will absorb more solarAnnArbor.com - Jan 01, 1970
Native Plant Winter Identification: When You Can#39;t Find Leaves, Look for Pods!One of its most endearing features is the light shade it casts, which allows lawn and most plants to grow beneath it. It#39;s not just used by people for landscaping, however. Wildlife such as squirrels, deer, bobwhite and opossum eat the seeds, and,Wairarapa Times-Age - Jan 01, 1970
Less than that and you will need to use shade-lovers such as white impatiens, gardenias, arum lilies or variegated hostas. If you want to be really clever, design your main bed or the focal point of the garden in the shape of a crescent, or a star. and morenbsp;raquo;The Ledger - Jan 01, 1970
Small-to-medium trees are invaluable in our landscapes because they can be used to shade patios, frame homes, and be part of mixed shrubbery borders. Of course, no tree is perfect: For example, the beautiful, fast-growing, drought-tolerant,Patch.com - Jan 01, 1970
The revitalization of the Redondo Beach Pier and King Harbor, including the planned Shade Hotel, will occur in three phases, according to the city. By Nicole Mooradian With the now under-construction Redondo Landing in the background, RDR Properties Redondo Beach announces plans for pier, waterfrontall 3 news articlesnbsp;raquo;Bradenton Herald - Jan 01, 1970
Large drifts of red such as a bed loaded with bright red geraniums can be almost too eye-catching. They#39;re more effective in a part sun or part shade location so the fiery color doesn#39;t hog the spotlight, making other landscaping elements nearly
Wall Street Journal - Jan 01, 1970
Healthy shade trees are real assets. A mature, shade-producing tree can add as much as $10000 to the value of a property, says David Hucker, chairman of the Council of Tree and Landscape Appraisers, in Rockville, Md. The net cooling effect of a young,