Northeast Gardening: The Long View 2009 - 2, 1 by bbrookrd

bbrookrd wrote:
Noreaster, love that combination of plants in your rock outcropping which is such a wonderful feature. I think I remember seeing it when you first posted about planting it. I think that evergreen could be moved to down to anchor the bed. Perhaps to that area with that nice big container. It would allow more of that great rock to be seen. But whatever, it is lovely now. I laugh when anyone says the word "lawn", we barely have "grass" and certainly not a "lawn". The less the better.

Wha, But don't you think it would be better with more JMaples? Perhaps an A. 'orange dream'?

Here is a photo looking north over a red and yellow Iris bed inter planted with sweet fern which is under planted with lots of narcissus and scilla that was taken from the east porch looking toward unfenced front yard. And as you can see it is not a lawn, for sure. The center tree is a lovely beach plum that will have a sea of winter berry behind it for winter interest. Patti