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Designing a small residential Japanese garden Part 2

March 8, 2014 By Jim 7 Comments

Residential Japanese garden with Japanese maple added

Today, we will continue with our design for the small residential Japanese garden that we started in the last post. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Japanese garden landscaping, Restorative Environment Tagged With: backyard, fir, hemlock, Japanese garden, Japanese maple, landscape design

Japanese garden fall color lessons you can use

September 14, 2013 By Jim 2 Comments

Last post I wrote about Japanese garden fall color. This post is about my favorite area for it. I also cover what you can learn from this Japanese garden fall color use in creating your garden sanctuary. The area is the path to the tea garden. I have never been able to completely capture it in a picture. Not only is it hard to photograph, it is also short lived.  For about one week in the midday the area glows. The tea garden meanders through plantings of sugar and red maples.  As you walk … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Fall, Japanese garden landscaping, Restorative Environment Tagged With: acer, black maple, fall color, Japanese maple, red maple, sugar maple, tea garden

Front Yard Design for Winter Interest part 2 of 2

February 9, 2013 By Jim 1 Comment

Last time, I began to show how winter garden design principles could be used in an actual design.  Now we will complete that simple front yard design I started in Part 1. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Winter Tagged With: Crimson Queen, front yard, front yard design, Japanese maple, landscape plan, red twig dogwood, Vinca minor, winter

Two plants with red winter stem color

November 25, 2012 By Jim 3 Comments

Winter officially begins on December 21st.  Ugh, now I am depressed!.  Gray, dull, and dark are the words that often come to mind when describing the winter landscape we live in here in the Midwest.  Well at least after the holidays are over and the Christmas lights are all taken down (except for that one neighbor that leaves them up till Labor day (you know who you are!). … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Plant recommendations, Winter Tagged With: coral bark, Japanese maple, red, redtwig dogwood, stem color

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