On May 5, 11:59*am, Bill who putters wrote:
In article
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*Higgs Boson wrote:
OK, I finally got those big bushes removed from front of house. * (Had
posted earlier for ways to remove stumps.) *Turns out, after I
thoroughly wetted the base, gardener was able to dig it out, *except
ran into little problem -- water line! *Other stump coming out Friday,
not on water line, one hopes!
Here's current view:
http://tinypic.com/r/1zn8lli/5
* * * * (Hope link works!!!)
NOW: *What to put in their place? *I have been kicking around ideas,
getting more and more confused.
Need your recommendations. *This is So. Calif coastal, North facing.
Plenty of sun all year.
1. *Expen$ive decorative planter with tall-ish shrub (what kind????)
Gardener cautions it might be stolen.
2. *Ordinary terra cotta planter with (tall) (short) shrub, but not
too spreading, or it will get in the way of the * * * *front walk like
the old shrubs did.
3. *Home Depot has blueberry bushes that don't spread too much (it
said). *Have been waiting decades for blueberries *that will work w/o
winter chill. *(I don't care if people pick a few as they pass)
4. *Forget pots, shrubs, trees, etc. * Create a low-lying semi-
circular area with pebbles/rocks/succulents/cacti.
5. *Your suggestions?
WOULD REALLY VALUE YOUR INPUT ON THESE FIRST THOUGHTS.
TIA
Persephone
T
*Possible plant of interest.
http://www.growingthehomegarden.com/...ergreen-landsc
ape.html
Could not get to this link after several tries. However, I did go to
growing the home garden
and there, under "shrubs" saw a beautiful plant named Salix Integra:
Japanese Dappled Willow.
What do you think?
*I'd try to encourage a creeping thyme to soften the hard edge of the
walk way.
Did you notice the grey-green paths on each side of the walkway?
Bordered by red brick edging? They stop short of the "hard edges"
because there used to be huge bulky shrubs where you now see only
one trunk left.
Yes, the newly-exposed walkway edges do need to be softened,
and the creeping thyme looks like an attractive and low-to-no
maintenance
ground cover. I'm thinking it might surround whatever shrub or ? I
put in the vacated shrubs' spots. I had been considering river
pebbles, but maybe...
Tx for suggestion.
Persephone
Bill *S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden
*What use one more wake up call? *