Last September I posted about a beautiful container that I’d managed to hide behind other plants. This was the container…
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And here’s where it was hidden, back there behind the melianthis, trachycarpus and hakonechloa…that level of camouflage takes talent I tell you!
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So I pulled the plant to overwinter in the “greenhouse” and stored the container where it wouldn’t fill with water.
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Then I took these photos so I could start scheming on how to right the wrong. The three pavers in the corner of the lawn were originally placed to provide a solid footing for a rotating group of containers, this was back when the huge privet loomed large over that area.
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The containers made a nice focal point in the corner, as you enter the garden – kind of like in this image taken last summer.
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What I’ve decided to do is remove a section of lawn in front of the melianthis, trachycarpus and hakonechloa combo. In fact all along the north end the concrete edging would move forward about 2ft, and thus the third paver would be eliminated. Here are my mad illustration skills of the concept on a photo taken last week (I cut back the melianthis and some of the hakonechloa, they’ll return in the spring).
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That’s what I know for sure, after that things are a little less certain. Do I pull out the remaining two pavers and fill in the “holes” with the lawn bits I’m removing? Part of why they originally went in was because lawn had a hard time growing under the shadow of the privet. Obviously that’s not an issue anymore. The large brown urn could set in the newly uncovered soil in front of the palm, that would be nice.
My other thought was to do something like this, where the paver that would now fall behind the edging would be moved up, rather than being in a straight line they’d form a triangle in the corner.
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Uhmm…am I trying too hard to keep a feature that needs to go? Perhaps I should share a couple other photos, before you make up your mind. The pavers in the corner do echo the pathway to the patio…
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And back to the driveway…
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So the question is…should the pavers go and their space be filled in with lawn? If so the urn will sit behind the concrete edging, in the (new) planting bed. I got lazy and didn't color over the lawn and paver - imagine everything behind the grey line is soil and plants...
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Or do you like the pavers, the repetition and focal point they provide? The urn could still sit behind the edging or even on one of the pavers as I've so professionally illustrated below (again I'm lazy, the sod is removed behind the 3 pavers - 2ft worth - gone!)...
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Does this craziness even make sense? And of course I want to know what you all think - I just can't promise I'll do what you say!
All material © 2009-2015 by Loree Bohl for danger garden. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited and just plain rude.
And here’s where it was hidden, back there behind the melianthis, trachycarpus and hakonechloa…that level of camouflage takes talent I tell you!
So I pulled the plant to overwinter in the “greenhouse” and stored the container where it wouldn’t fill with water.
Then I took these photos so I could start scheming on how to right the wrong. The three pavers in the corner of the lawn were originally placed to provide a solid footing for a rotating group of containers, this was back when the huge privet loomed large over that area.
The containers made a nice focal point in the corner, as you enter the garden – kind of like in this image taken last summer.
What I’ve decided to do is remove a section of lawn in front of the melianthis, trachycarpus and hakonechloa combo. In fact all along the north end the concrete edging would move forward about 2ft, and thus the third paver would be eliminated. Here are my mad illustration skills of the concept on a photo taken last week (I cut back the melianthis and some of the hakonechloa, they’ll return in the spring).
That’s what I know for sure, after that things are a little less certain. Do I pull out the remaining two pavers and fill in the “holes” with the lawn bits I’m removing? Part of why they originally went in was because lawn had a hard time growing under the shadow of the privet. Obviously that’s not an issue anymore. The large brown urn could set in the newly uncovered soil in front of the palm, that would be nice.
My other thought was to do something like this, where the paver that would now fall behind the edging would be moved up, rather than being in a straight line they’d form a triangle in the corner.
Uhmm…am I trying too hard to keep a feature that needs to go? Perhaps I should share a couple other photos, before you make up your mind. The pavers in the corner do echo the pathway to the patio…
And back to the driveway…
So the question is…should the pavers go and their space be filled in with lawn? If so the urn will sit behind the concrete edging, in the (new) planting bed. I got lazy and didn't color over the lawn and paver - imagine everything behind the grey line is soil and plants...
Or do you like the pavers, the repetition and focal point they provide? The urn could still sit behind the edging or even on one of the pavers as I've so professionally illustrated below (again I'm lazy, the sod is removed behind the 3 pavers - 2ft worth - gone!)...
Does this craziness even make sense? And of course I want to know what you all think - I just can't promise I'll do what you say!
All material © 2009-2015 by Loree Bohl for danger garden. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited and just plain rude.