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| Everyone always talks about plant diversity and I'm sure many of us practice that suggestion. But what about plants that you love and just keep planting to the point where every other plant is considered the minority?
I have many viburnums and planned to plant several more...got me thinking, do I step back and try to mix it up or just go with what I like? I'm thinking this is much more of a concern with trees, but less so with shrubs and even much less with perrenials. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sat, Mar 27, 10 at 9:39
| the problem with too many of one kind.. happens the day you decide it matured.. and you dont like it anymore.. lol ... what is in favor today.. may not be a decade or two down the line in your own mind i mean ... the ehll with what others think about your choices.. in your garden ... ken |
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| One of Everything confused or cluttered look is avoided by planting in drifts of few to many of each kind. In general best to have small numbers of large or bold (big-leaved) plants, many specimens of small or fine-textured (small-leaved) kinds - with intermediate numbers of medium-textured sorts. Lack of solidity addressed in your cold climate by using architectural features (fences, walls) and evergreen conifers to compensate for wispiness of deciduous shrubs and herbaceous perennials. In warmer climates plantings can be fleshed out with broad-leaved evergreen shrubs. |
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