This past winter I developed plans for a couple of areas on the property belonging to my longest-standing and wonderfully enthusiastic clients, L. and A. on the North Shore. They have a lovely place on a rocky cliff overlooking Nahant Bay, and they enjoy making it even more beautiful and comfortable each year. They are [...]
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Current gold
Posted in Plant management, Plants, tagged cane-growing plants, forsythia renovation, Plants, shrub pruning, shrub renovation, top growth renovation on May 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One last word on forsythia renovation: the root stock on older plants — as long as they’re healthy to start with — will have enough energy to push out new, vigorous growth in a hurry. The photo of the renovated, blooming bank of forsythia in my post from April 7 (Radical Renovation) shows rampant growth [...]
Radical renovation
Posted in Miscellaneous, Places, What we're thinking, tagged cane-growing plants, forsythia, shrub pruning, shrub renovation, top growth regeneration on April 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In just a few days we’re going to be seeing forsythia blooming everywhere. Forsythia is one of those workhorse shrubs that crystallizes sunshine for a few days, and then fades into a medium green mass of space-filler for the rest of the growing season. Some people hate it, some love it. It grows vigorously, given [...]
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