Landscaping Around a Red Lace Weeping Maple on the Corner of the House
Mara S.
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Would like to get some ideas for landscaping around patio
Comments (7)Just curious How much space do you have to work with? What will the sun exposure be? Another thread here was just talking about the smaller forms of Japanese maples. I do not have a JM but have read about forms that mature at 8 ft, 6 ft, even 2 ft. I've toyed with the idea myself of incorporating one of the shorter weeping forms in a relatively small bed. For your situationÂImagine a clump of evergreen somethingerothers nearer the lane at the back of your property, then the Jap maple offset and in front of that clump nearer your patio. Back toward the lane again and keeping good spacing do another evergreen, but perhaps something different from the first grouping. I don't have one of the Northern Lights Rhodies yet, and can't remember without looking whether they are evergreen. I know some put on fragrance along with their spring bloom, so one is on my future "wants" list. Spacing again and then back to whatever evergreen you started with. Maybe on the patio side of things you could blend in a few bulbs and perennial favorites along with the JM. Fairly simple, but you'd have a 4 season show with blooms and foliage. There have been discussions here about what creates a sense of enclosure. You might even do a search of this forum for "enclosure" or "privacy". One of the things that I found to be helpful, is that a screen doesn't have to be thick, solid, or tall to create a sense of "my space". Also, some folks point out that thick screening works both ways. Hides the lane, traffic, etc. but may also screen the intruder lurking in the bushes you were so kind to provide. Hope my ramble helps you think. Wellspring...See Morehelp selecting tree for corner of house
Comments (5)Enlarge the planting area and put in a Hoopsii Blue Spruce( great blue color) or Purple fountain beech(great purple color and upright weeping form) about 10-15ft from the corner of the house. Both are great plants and add nice color. If you are looking for something with yellow foliage the the full moon maple, Acer Shirasawanum 'Aureum' will likely burn. The cultivars 'Moonrise' or 'Autumn Moon' would do much better. Other nice yellow plants that will take sun are The Dawn redwood cultivar call 'Goldrush' which will get large, Picea Abies(Norway spruce) Gold Drift which is weeping and Picea Orientalis 'Skylands'. Skylands will burn when small so you may be better off purchasing something at least 4-5' You may also want to consider 'Tiger Eye' Sumac. It is a tough plant but can sucker and spread over time. David...See MoreLandscape Design- Front of House/ New House
Comments (12)My suggestions are to mainly to simplify and embolden... Remove the low-starting, wide spreading limbs off of the two front trees. Create a bed of single variety plants below those trees. Increase the bed size at the left corner of the house and move the small tree in it farther away from the house. Increase the foundation bed front-to-back depth where possible (to the 6' range or greater.) Paint the lower portion of the power pole in some interesting scheme. Add an island with small tree in front of the breezeway area. Remove the pyramidal shaped plants flanking front door and replace with beds of annual color. Underscore the left set of windows with the existing shrubs, but don't let them extend beyond the end of house. Underscore the bay window with a single planting that will not obscure the window lower portions. Widen the front walk. Does not need to be exact same material. Anything compatible will do. Same material could form cheekwall at single step. Or get rid of that single step. It does not look needed. (Can't tell if existing bricks are laid OK, but the weeds growing in them should be sprayed out for an improved appearance. A canopy or awning of some type above the stoop would make the house face much more interesting. PS: Thanks for putting on decent pictures ... one of the extremely few times I have not wished for better!...See MoreLandscaping Front Yard around existing trees
Comments (9)"Jap" is a pejorative dating back to the Second World War. Weeping Japanese lace-leaf maples of the size shown here are worth thousands of dollars on the retail market. Specialists in large trees catering to the demand for instant landscaping here "mine" them from old properties and re-plant them elsewhere, getting again, thousands of dollars for them in the process. If there is one of these kinds of operations working your local area you may be able to get one of them to take yours away for free, if nothing else. Of course, they may want to be able to drive up to it with a machine and scoop it up all in one move. With the tree right in front of your house, with buried utilities perhaps present and a lawn you want to keep this may not be feasible. If you are wondering the taller shape shown in the Dig Doug cartoon would be achieved by installing an adequate stake and training the existing specimen up, to be more tree-like. And visually effective....See MoreMara S.
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