I love the elegant horizontal form of this tree Cornus controversa 'Variegata', seen here from the front door in the late afternoon sunlight today.
I've planted three of them in my front garden in the hope that eventually they will be the stars of the show (they are very slow growing).
I'm taking a chance I know. You don't see many around here and I suspect there might be a reason for that....I once designed a whole garden around an existing tree which very soon after died. I won't say the design fell apart, but it took a lot of repositioning and adjusting to create a satisfactory design after that.
The white daffodils are Thalia and I'm making a note to myself to order 50 more to fill the rest of this bed for next spring.
I've also ordered 50 white foxgloves to plant under the 10 white-bark birch we planted 2 years ago which will gradually change the character of the garden from a predominantly flower garden to a woodland garden.
I'm working towards low(er) maintenance, but with a WOW factor!
I'm taking a chance I know. You don't see many around here and I suspect there might be a reason for that....I once designed a whole garden around an existing tree which very soon after died. I won't say the design fell apart, but it took a lot of repositioning and adjusting to create a satisfactory design after that.
The white daffodils are Thalia and I'm making a note to myself to order 50 more to fill the rest of this bed for next spring.
I've also ordered 50 white foxgloves to plant under the 10 white-bark birch we planted 2 years ago which will gradually change the character of the garden from a predominantly flower garden to a woodland garden.
I'm working towards low(er) maintenance, but with a WOW factor!
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