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  • Landscape Makeover for a Tudor Home
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    Landscaping pro Jason Cameron revives a desperate landscape with colorful plantings, a new garage door and repaired concrete steps.
    From "Desperate Landscapes"
    episode DDSL-203


    (Continued from page 2)

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    Figure G
    Project 4: Remove old stumps

    The Callahans have old stumps in their yard. To remove them, you can use a mini-hoe which can be rented for about $500 a day (figure G) or use a stump grinder.

    To use a stump grinder:

  • Cut stump flush to ground.
  • Raise the grinder wheel a few inches over the stump, and then lower it into the stump.
  • Use lever to swing wheel from side to side to clear out the wood.
  • After digging a few inches, raise wheel, advance it and repeat.

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    Tom and Paula's plants

    Following is a list of plants used in this project, along with a summary of their characteristics.

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    Fat Albert blue spruce
    Fat Albert Colorado blue spruce
    Picea pungens glauca 'Fat Albert'

    A great edition of the Colorado blue spruce that's perfect for small gardens, Fat Albert forms a broad pyramid that eventually reaches 10 to 15 feet tall and 10 feet wide at the base.

  • Design tip: This tree was chosen because its steel-blue needles will enhance the color of the brick; its size will also help the house seem less tall.
  • 'Fat Albert' grows slowly.
  • It's named after Bill Cosby's 'Fat Albert' because it has a similar shape.
  • USDA Zones 3-7
  • Cost: $402
  • Evergreen

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    Little Dot grass
    'Little Dot' grass
    Miscanthus sinensis 'Little Dot' (also called 'Puenktchen')

    Good for screens and for containers, this mid-sized ornamental grass has distinctive yellowish dot-like markings on its leaves.

  • The seed heads are a rosy color and fade to tan in the winter.
  • It grows about 4-5 feet tall and 3 feet wide.
  • USDA Zones 5-9
  • Cost: $264 for 10 plants
  • Maintenance tip: Cut to ground in early spring.

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    Heavy Metal switch grass
    'Heavy Metal' switch grass
    Panicum virgatum 'Heavy Metal'

    This version of switch grass has metallic blue foliage, with pink seed heads in the fall and yellowish foliage in winter.

  • This grass grows to about 5 feet tall.
  • It can be used as a screen or in containers.
  • USDA Zones 4-9
  • Cost: $96 for 3
  • Maintenance tip: Cut to ground in early spring.

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    Pink Diamond hydrangea
    'Pink Diamond' hydrangea
    Hydrangea paniculata 'Pink Diamond'


    This PeeGee-type hydrangea has enormous (12 inches by 8 inches, on average) white flowers that age to pink. In this project, Pink Diamond hydrangeas will serve as background shrubs to cover the foundation and complement the home's Tudor style.

  • It can grow 6 feet tall and wide.
  • The blossoms can be red, pink and white all at once.
  • It is considered a hardy and reliable hydrangea.
  • Cost: $224 for 5 plants
  • Deciduous

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    Midnight Wine weigela
    'Midnight Wine' weigela
    Weigela florida 'Midnight Wine'

    Midnight Wine is a dwarf form of weigela with pink flowers in spring and dark burgundy-purple foliage. In Tudor gardens, where geometric shapes are prominent, hedges are often created in intricate patterns. Here, Jason Cameron tries to mimic that look with 25 Midnight Wine weigelas planted in an angular outline.

  • They will grow about 18 to 24 inches tall and 24 inches wide.
  • For best leaf color, plant in full sun.
  • It requires little or no pruning.
  • USDA Zones 4-8
  • Cost: $718 for 25
  • Deciduous

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    Blue Girl holly
    'Blue Girl' holly
    Ilex x meserveae 'Blue Girl'

    The female mate of 'Blue Boy', 'Blue Girl' bears bright red berries in fall and winter. In this project, Jason has selected this shrub because of its ability to hide the steps and also because its blue green leaves complement the brick.

  • It can grow to 8 feet tall, but it's easily maintained with pruning.
  • It prefers full to part sun.
  • USDA Zones 5-17
  • Cost: $550 for 4
  • Evergreen


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  • RELATED PROJECTS:
  		• Home Business: Garage Door Removal
  		• Concrete Repair: Patching and Resurfacing Concrete Steps
  		• Asphalt Driveway Repair
  		• Desperate Landscape: Help on Hulbert Avenue

  • ALSO IN THIS EPISODE:
  		• Landscape Makeover for a Tudor Home
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