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Architectural plants for winter gardens

October 7, 2012 By Jim 2 Comments

Architectural plant

I would like to continue the discussion of adding winter season interest to your garden.  In this post I will discuss of the use of architectural plants.  This was suggestion #4 on my post a couple of weeks ago. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Four Season garden, Plant recommendations, Winter Tagged With: four season, four season interest, plant form, structure, winter, winter garden, winter interest

Adding winter interest to your landscape

September 22, 2012 By Jim 4 Comments

When designing a landscape for four season interest in the Midwestern United States, you must make planning for the winter season a priority.  This is a lesson I have learned the hard way. When I first started landscaping my own yard over a decade ago, I realized you needed evergreens to provide interest in all seasons.  I just did not realize how many evergreens you needed. So I got a few dwarf conifers like bird’s nest spruce and a Bosnian pine (Pinus heldreichii).  I then went on and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Winter Tagged With: Evergreen, four season, structure, winter garden

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