From a busy perenial style garden to a simple west coast with an japanese flair style

Discussion in 'Garden Design and Plant Suggestions' started by duaner, Dec 4, 2007.

  1. duaner

    duaner Member

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    Hello, I am a new regestered user but have read posts here for many months.

    I have a bit of a dillema. I usually can visualise a landscape pretty well but after buying our first house and trying to develop the yard into what I have always wanted (a simple welcoming, medium maintenance, japanese garden which exudes a cosy warmth and sense of privacy) I realised how hard it was through the maze of perenials that came up in the spring to see the yard with plantings of the type and size in the right place.

    My yard has huge potential and I have done a lot to change it already. I do not know however if the trees and shrubs that I have moved from pots and other areas of the yard to the area of the old perenial garden after clearing it will be overrun and starve from the root systems and bulbs that I was not able to pull. I took a big chance by taking as much of the pulbs and such out as I could and hoping the trees would root. I just did this pretty much between rain and snow while the trees are dormant. Any advice? I have pictures of the garden and will have some more of what I have done.

    Please help!
    Duaner
     
  2. KarinL

    KarinL Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    Re: From a busy perenial style garden to a simple west coast with an japanese flair s

    If you moved the trees and shrubs with a reasonable amount of roots they should do fine. Trees and shrubs are well equipped to compete with perennials, and bulbs don't compete much. You may need to give the trees and shrubs a little extra water to get them through their first summer or two in their new locations, but not because of the competing plants; just because their root systems aren't extensive enough to support them through a dry season.
     

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