To continue beautifying the narrow strip of shaded property between the house and its garage, host Mayita Dinos installs concrete pavers and a variety of shade-loving plants. Featured plant varieties include: - Ajuga reptans 'Catlin's Giant' (Catlin's Giant Carpet Bugle)
- Buxus microphylla 'Winter Gem' (Winter Gem Boxwood Topiary Pyramid)
- Cupressus sempervirens 'Monshelby' (Tiny Tower Italian Cypress)
- Gardenia x 'Kleim's Hardy' (Kleim's Hardy Gardenia)
- Ligustrum texanum (Texas Privet Patio Tree)
- Liriope muscari'Silvery Sunproof' (Silvery Sunrpoof Lilyturg)
- Mandevilla amabilis 'Rita Marie Green' (Pink Parfait Mandevilla)
Steps:
- Measure out from the wall 24 inches for the baseline for the pavers.
- Lay a line of pavers along the baseline.
- Offset the rows of pavers to create a serrated edge for plants.
- Plant the liriopes in the openings of the paver edges to soften the edges.
- Plant the topiaries on either side of the trelliage.
- Plant the vines beneath the other trellis, leaving the trellis sticks from the nursery in place while you plant them.
- Carefully untie the vines from the trellis sticks, and gently unfurl the individual vines from the stick. Pull the trellis sticks out and lay the vines on the ground.
- Starting with the longest vine stem, carefully weave it in and out of the trellis, moving upward as you progress. Try to weave in such a way that any flowers are facing the garden space. Make sure enough of the vine is twined onto the trellis so that the vine is supported.
- Continue this process with all of the vine stems.
RESOURCES :
The Complete Shade Gardener
Model: 0395574269
Author: George Schenk
1991
Houghton Mifflin Co.
Boston, MA 02116
Phone: 617-351-5000
Email: tradecustomerservice@hmco.com
The Natural Shade Garden
Model: 0517580179
Author: Kenneth Druse
1992
Clarkson Potter/The Crown Publishing Group/Random House
Website: www.randomhouse.com
80 Great Natural Shade Garden Plants
Model: 0609800434
Author: Kenneth Druse
Order this book from Amazon.com
(April, 1997)
Plants from Monrovia Growers
Monrovia Growers
Website: www.monrovia.com
La Jolla Landscape Pavers from Mega Bergerac
3 1/2" high x 14 1/2" square
Belgard
Fontana, CA 92337
Phone: n/a
Website: www.belgardhardscapes.com
GUESTS :
Nan Sterman
Email: nsterman@plantsoup.com
Garden Writer & Teacher
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