I think Euphorbia too. Also think the garden looks nice,I know it is not to everyone's taste but the person who made that garden obviously takes great pride in it.If the garden gives them pleasure then who are we to criticise?
“Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
Thanks @madpenguin. I'm definitely not criticising - and I guess @Hostafan probably just wants to see more Hostas and less pruning
Seriously though, I posted it and asked because I think it has great accents and tones ... even if there is a couple of pompom shapes that's just personal preference. It's a similar shape garden to mine, albeit bigger than mine ... but the aspect looks the same as does a fair amount of the layout, so I was looking to borrow a section of the design for mine as I'm lacking in those really nice blue/grey tones that you get from cotton lavendar and eucalyptus ...
Thanks @madpenguin. I'm definitely not criticising - and I guess @Hostafan probably just wants to see more Hostas and less pruning
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I don't understand why folk fill gardens with too many plants which all have to be cut back. Why not just plant fewer plants and let them attain a natural shape / size? As has been said, so long as the owner likes it so be it. A neighbour of mine had a row of lovely camellias which he's now turned into a boxy hedge. I bet every Spring he wonders why they don't produce many flowers.
Gardening is I think a very personal pursuit! I for instance would not have a rose in my garden,too much bother Styles of gardening also go in and out of fashion. I used to cut things back to within an inch of their lives (my OCD kicking in) but I have tried to be a bit more laid back about the garden.My lawn is now a mini meadow full of 'weeds',shrubs are tidied up rather than heavily pruned. Even so there are still times that I am itching to get pruning and it is quite difficult to resist the urge!!. The garden in the OP can for some people be quite calming (me included ) as it is all about order. In the end as long as your garden is one that you enjoy spending time in and working on that is all that matters.
“Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
Very true, mad penguin. Gardening is down to personal taste. Wouldn't it be boring if we all had identical gardens? Your final sentence sums up a garden to a tee. Im afraid I can't offer any solutions to the first posters question, but I have to say that whoever owns the garden, it looks very nice. (Not a bit like mine, though. ).
James - as I mentioned earlier, if you want plants/trees/shrubs in those colourings - just ask for suggestions on a separate thread. It's virtually impossible for people to ID accurately from your pic [although many have spent a lot of time and effort trying ] and would be far quicker. There are lots of specimens to choose from If you want to replicate that garden exactly, I think you need to contact the paper, as suggested by Anni. Eucalyptus needs careful thought - if you don't have time to prune it, it will reach for the sky ...and keep going. The colour is best [ the juvenile foliage ] when pruned anyway. It becomes greener with age.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Also think the garden looks nice,I know it is not to everyone's taste but the person who made that garden obviously takes great pride in it.If the garden gives them pleasure then who are we to criticise?
Seriously though, I posted it and asked because I think it has great accents and tones ... even if there is a couple of pompom shapes that's just personal preference. It's a similar shape garden to mine, albeit bigger than mine ... but the aspect looks the same as does a fair amount of the layout, so I was looking to borrow a section of the design for mine as I'm lacking in those really nice blue/grey tones that you get from cotton lavendar and eucalyptus ...
As has been said, so long as the owner likes it so be it.
A neighbour of mine had a row of lovely camellias which he's now turned into a boxy hedge. I bet every Spring he wonders why they don't produce many flowers.
I for instance would not have a rose in my garden,too much bother
Styles of gardening also go in and out of fashion.
I used to cut things back to within an inch of their lives (my OCD kicking in) but I have tried to be a bit more laid back about the garden.My lawn is now a mini meadow full of 'weeds',shrubs are tidied up rather than heavily pruned.
Even so there are still times that I am itching to get pruning and it is quite difficult to resist the urge!!.
The garden in the OP can for some people be quite calming (me included
In the end as long as your garden is one that you enjoy spending time in and working on that is all that matters.
Im afraid I can't offer any solutions to the first posters question, but I have to say that whoever owns the garden, it looks very nice. (Not a bit like mine, though.
It's virtually impossible for people to ID accurately from your pic [although many have spent a lot of time and effort trying ] and would be far quicker. There are lots of specimens to choose from
If you want to replicate that garden exactly, I think you need to contact the paper, as suggested by Anni.
Eucalyptus needs careful thought - if you don't have time to prune it, it will reach for the sky ...and keep going. The colour is best [ the juvenile foliage ] when pruned anyway. It becomes greener with age.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...