Trees & Shrubs

And more to scale.

Goodness!! What are they....12" tall? Thats beautiful and amazing!!!

There are almost 12' tall. Just hope we don't get any big rain or wind in the next 10 days.

Now THAT's a delphinium!!! just beautiful!

Victor, as you know, I very much envy your list. I don't know how you manage to grow all of those. I choose a lot of very dwarf plants just so I can have more varieties. I still have a good deal of space in front of the house, but need to plan carefully for curb appeal, utility lines (which are all underground here), 4 season interest, uncommon plants....and I have in mind a tropical theme (bright neon colors, large leaves (but that could change)

here's mine:

river birch
jap maple 'Bloodgood'
holly 'Blue Prince', 'Blue Princess'
crimson pygmy barberry
Lilac 'Charles Joly'
Lilac 'Sensation'
Chaenomeles 'Cameo'
Rose of Sharon 'Violet Satin'
Spirea 'Goldmound'
Viburnum dilatatum 'Erie'
Viburnum dilatatum 'Michael Dodge'
Weigela 'French Lace'
Weigela 'Variegata'
Weigela 'Midnight Wine'
Salix integra 'Flamingo'
Kalmia latifolia 'Little Linda'
boxwood 'Green Velvet'
Physocarpus opulifolius Summer Wine'
flowering almond
Jap. pieris 'Mountain Fire'
euonymus ''Emerald 'n Gold'
PJM rhodies
Cedrus deodara 'Snow Sprite'
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Rainbow'
Chamaecyparis lawsonii 'Treasure Island'
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filfera Golden Mops'
Abies koreana 'Silver Show'
Tsuga canadensis 'Gentsch White'
Juniperus scopulorum 'Skyrocket'
Juniperus chinensis 'Kaizuka Variegata'
Juniperus horizontalis 'Icee Blue'
Juniperus squamata 'Blue Star'
Juniperus chinensis 'Mint Julep'
Juniperus procumbens 'Nana'
Juniperus chinensis 'Hetzii Columnaris'
gold juniper
Pinus strobus 'Horsford'
Pinus parviflora 'Tani-mano-uki'
Pinus mugo 'Iseli White Bud'
Pinus mugo pumilio
Picea abies 'Nidiformis'
Picea pungens 'Hoopsii'
Picea abies 'Acrocona'
Taxus cuspidata 'Densiformis'

Okay - I done the google search and the plant file search - where can I find those delphiniums, watersedge?

Great list Jan! I left out the Kalmia and Juniper horizontalis. And a small Mugo Pine.

Incredible Delphiniums, water. Where is that shot taken? No staking??

You need to live in Maine where it never gets too hot, to begin with. Then just feed them babies, I bet that pixie can grow a nice one herself. One of the few times you'll probably ever have zone envy.

Speaking of which, and getting back to woody plants, we have a number of plants in abundance up here that won't grow as well down south, i.e. Nashua and beyond.

It's a pleasure to have a grove of White Birch and Larch in the back yard. Lot's of low growing Vacciniums and Empetrum. A tad too much Rubus but thankfully little Toxicodendron. I suppose that once Global Warming (oops sorry, I meant God's Love) hits harder we'll be seeing more.

It's fun to see Viburnum acerifolium in the woods here too.

I plan to buy some Betula nigra 'Vadar Valley' (or something like that) from Forest Farms next spring. I put some in last year and they've grown like gang busters.

Anyway, Seandor, get yourself some babies, an airconditioner, and some Electra fertilizer. You'll be all set:)

Everything in the garden where I work is staked. My staff is so skillful that stakes never show. They are a fantastic group of craftsmen and women, as you can see from the photo.

At a seaside garden (at an estate were there's a gardening and grounds staff of 11), everything gets staked because of the constant wind/breeze. The worst plant in the world to have to stake is Miscanthus. Painful, difficult, and repetitive. They need to be staked every other week or so.

Got the babies - already in the ground: Pacific Giant Blue Bird. Got lots of stuff to feed. Not sure what I can do about the air conditioner - but they only get sunshine from early morning until about 3 pm, so no direct scalding heat, though the air temp might be 90 degrees. :-)

Okay, you off and running. Feed them well (with babies but school children if that's all you have).

Even Miscanthus is staked?!! Is that worth the effort? Why not find a suitable replacement?

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Holey moley! Those are SOME delphiniums!! Beautiful! They certainly live up to their name - Sequoiaforma. I'll have to look for these and give them a try.

Dee

Got it, watersedge, I will start collecting babies to feed the delphiniums - any particular species of babies? (don't mind sacrificing squirrels for a good cause, lol)

Oooh, watersedge, definitely "zone envy" here! I remember the days when I could grow beautiful Delphiniums but not gonna happen here in Virginia. The Delphiniums in my garden in Maine were outstanding and even prompted a visit from a well known photographer who wanted to come back the next year to do a spread on my gardens for a magazine - but ONLY when the Delphiniums were blooming. Alas, we had one of those weird winters and I lost every one of them :( After that, the ice storm of 1997 and deer finally discovering my Hostas, I finally gave up and moved south! There are still alot of things that I miss about the Northeast, but there are so many more plants I can grow here:)

rcn48, your a "Survivor of the Ice Storm of 97" ?? It's an honor to know you! LOL

My miscanthus 'silver feather' is tied to my fence too. It would be fine without it, but would take up more space.

RCN48, I have no idea what you miss about the NE.. I moved from VA and I miss it horribly.. LOL... Guess it all depends on what you want to grow..

Is it worth the effort, victorgardener, to stake Miscanthus? When your a professional craftsman (i.e. gardener) it is.

While a appreciate the effort to make beautiful gardens that are less labor intensive (including the one at MY home) I am glad that others will stop at nothing to realize their vision. I wouldn't have as interesting a job otherwise.

That ice storm sure was pretty. In hind sight...........

Saw another one that I forgot to list - Cephalanthus (Buttonbush) 'Sputnik'.

Haven't been back in awhile - computer got "nailed", back from the computer doctor but I'm still struggling to get everything back the way it was :(( Still not able to access some of my files and thinking I'm going to require a home visit from the "doctor" and more $$$! Oddly enough when I got nailed I was visiting Heronswood's site looking for a plant I had been searching for - not that I would have bought it from them anyway - but now I'm extremely paranoid and won't even go back there!

pixie, LOL - yes a "survivor"

lcosden, what I miss most about the NE are all the wildflowers that I had growing on my property. I had searched every inch of my property for 25 years, had an extensive list of what was growing there and had created trails for visitors to view them in the "wild". The ice storm wreaked havoc with the trails - large pine trees and more came crashing down blocking access to the woodlands - ruined 10 years of hard labor and I gave up :(

victor, when I get this computer back up to par, I'll try to post a list with some of my favorites when I can access my "list" - easier to copy and paste :) I will say that my favorite new Hydrangea this year is 'Pinky Winky' - 'Tardiva' was always at the top of my list for a paniculata, but the red stems on 'PW' are outstanding. Also planted 'Little Lamb' this year -incredible blooms for such a small plant - can't imagine how it will look in a couple of years!

I sympathize rcn. Been having lots of computer problems myself. Just bought a new hard drive.

Must have been getting floppy in it's old age huh?

Floopy.

Correct, Victor. Floopy says so much more than floppy.

and pirl knows 'floopy'

Victor, just when I think your list is impossibly long you remember yet another forgotten plant. It's amazing.

watersedge, I should take a lesson in staking from your staff. we have such awful winds here.

I have actually remembered two more, but I forgot their names!

Ah! The joys of aging.

Memory is the second thing to go...

..........you forgot the first.

First what?

Victor - welcome to the trees and shrubs thread. How nice to have a new member!

Thank you. I've heard nice things about this Australia Forum.

Maybe they should have cured memory before floopy.

If the memory is gone, you don't realize your hard drive has gone floopy. You are then sometimes forced to 'flash'.

Victor - you are truly hysterical. This forum would never be half as good without you.

(Is my check in the mail?)

Bah, ha ha ha ha!!!! I'm rolling here!

I second that Arlene!

Paypal, Pirl. Danks.

I am not THAT type of female, Victor!

Everytime I read any thread here you guys have me rolling!!!

Ah . . . Victor, you're brilliant. :-)