Creative Plant Ideas
Clematis trained to serve a purpose
Creative Plant Ideas
- Designed and installed to serve any function imaginable
- Hide eye sores by using the proper plants for the space
- Construct shade for your patio areas or walkways
- <-- This clematis is a great choice for climbers that is easily trained to grow any direction you like
- This clematis pictured has only been in the ground for 2 months. It has already made its way to the top of the meter. Over time the gas meter will become completely hidden by the clematis.
- The eye sore is covered and a beautiful mid summer bloomer is left in its place.
- The meter is and will continue to be visible for your local gas company to read
Clematis grown in a more traditional fashion on a lattis
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 Massive old clematis that has grown beyond its original lattis. It is framing in a screened in porch. |
Problem: Soil in this flower bed is Lacking Essential Nutrients
The old soil absent of nutrients
When soil runs out of nutrients
- Plants in this bed stopped blooming and were growing to slowly
- I transplanted the existing shrubs elsewhere and reworked the soil
- All plants thrive with nutrient rich soil, plus watering
- With the plants removed I was able to bring in a potent soil mixture
- The new soil was then rototilled and mixed together
- The new bed mix was rototilled down a foot or more. This allows the new plants to root in easily and start the road to maturity
- Darker soil indicates nutrients are present
New Soil Tilled In
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 New plants thriving in the nutrient rich soil |
Butterfly Garden design explained
Blank Canvas
Design elements
- A blank canvas. The bay window of the house was the focus in the design. Plants were placed to incorporate the window
- Clients only request was to use plants that stay low and won't block the window. This limited plant choices but failed to derail the project
- A half circle of day lilies to frame in the bay window
- This leaves a gap in the middle for the center piece. In this case a Limestone Hydrangea fit the space perfectly. A blooming decorative small tree. Pruning will be required to maintain desired size
- Two knockout Roses on the corner for full seasonal blooming
- An Emperor Butterfly Bush to greets visitors by the front door with a vibrant purple color and an unforgettable fragrance
- The back two shrubs are Nikko Blue Hydrangeas. They seem small and out of place. This is far from the case. They are intended provide lasting beauty for years to come
- Nikko Blues are extremely unique. The blooms are blue in normal soil. You can however add nutrients to the soil and make them a dark purple
- They are the right plant for the space. All horticulture elements considered, They grow 4 - 5 feet tall and 4 - 5 feet wide at maturity. This will not block the window. It will provide color and dark green foliage in the bottom corners of the window
the Nikkos are planted away from the house and left with plenty of room for growth and ultimately, maturity.
Half Circle of Lilies (left)
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Butterfly garden
Half circle of Day lilies (right)
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Butterfly Garden Success Story
Attract nature with plants
- Only minutes after planting this Butterfly Bush. The butterfly s came out of the woods to pollinate the emperors huge blooms. This shrub also attracts hummingbirds. However, they are much hard to get on camera.
Problem : Water During a Hard Rain is Running Down the Tree and Washing the Mulch Over the Wall to the Grass Below
Maple tree that drains strange
Solution
- A gravity drain that is designed to catch the water and funnel it under the wood retaining wall
- A hole was dug to the proper depth
- Then filled with 2 inch river stone
- This catches and channels the water under the wall
- Every outdoor problem has a solution
- Many hard rains since the mulch now stays where it belongs. In the flower beds
Washed river stone. Catches the water
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Mulch stays in place
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Expert Pruning of any Shrub or Perennial
Unmaintained Nikko Blue Hydrangea
Expert Pruning
- This is a Nikko Blue Hydrangea buried under years of neglect
- All that brown is the spent blooms from years past
- Dead limbs sticking out all the shrub are removed
- All spent brown left over blooms are pruned off properly
- The shrub went from hideous to beautiful in just 3 months time
- One skillful prune in the spring completely turned this hydrangea around
Heavy blooming following big a prune
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 Hideous to breathtaking in just one prune |
Decorative Tree Care
Weeping Cherry
Decorative Tree Care Includes
- Pruning and shaping the tree to fit its grow environment
- Ensure there is no wasted growth by the tree. These trees have short growth cycles. Proper pruning is required to get your growth in the right place
- Enjoy heavy blooming in the spring following a fall prune
- Even after years of neglect, trees can be revived to their original luster with proper pruning.
- Suckers from roots removed to not waste the trees energy
- Pruned to show trunks available upon request
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All dead limbs, twigs removed
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 Complex maze of branches supports this amazing canopy |
Tree touching house and roof
Tree Aeration
Problem: tree was growing to close to the home
- Never allow shrubs or trees to grow up against the home
- Proper care and pruning techniques are used
- Tree aeration ensures all the growth of the tree goes to the canopy
- Tree will grow taller and away from the house, after this prune
- Cleared all limbs touching or within 10 feet of the roof
- Trees hold moisture. Moisture and roofs do not mix.
- Gutters were clogged directly below the tree
- Trees are messy. They drop all sorts of debris, throughout the season
- Maintenance, of both the home and tree will be easier now
- This is actually a large decorative tree, that has been grafted from the nursery
- Both trees are cherries. One is an upright cherry cultivar, the other is a weeping cherry. The lower branches on the left are the weeping.
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