Beginner Gardening: Front yard / corner lot needs help for British pocket garden, 1 by Twincol

Twincol wrote:
WAHOO!!! I planted my multi-trunk magnolia, Magnolia Royal Star, today! It is such a sweet shape and it's flowering and leafing out. See the Plant Files photo by mosquitoflats http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/63296/ here. Is it awesome, or what? It's in front of the west corner of the fence, just a tad within the canopy of the Fruitless Mulberry. It will have sun all morning until noon and then late afternoon sun as well. And, if the Mulberry canopy of too much for it I can have the canopy tweaked some in order to clear it. Year-round interest, if you consider the shape of the trunk/branches, which I do.

And . . . and . . . at the lower edge of the photo attached you'll see what I plan on planting in the parking strip. It's a Euonymus fortunei "Interbolwyi." It's called Eunoymus Blondy {cute}. See it here, at the grower's site http://www.colorchoiceplants.com/blondy.htm . 18-24" (46-61 cm) tall, 24-30" (61-91 cm) wide, which is perfect for the parking strip, which I hope to minimize interfering with vision around the corner of the lot. It's a ground cover shrub, noted to be popular in Europe (Britain??), which fits well within my theme and requires minimal care. PERFECT!!! (BTW, to my British friends, am I using the proper references related to converting length, etc?)

Edited to add: Blondy is evergreen, BTW, and loves sun! Perfect for the parking strip!


This message was edited Mar 15, 2009 3:17 PM