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Landscaping/tree selection question
Posted on 5/24/13 at 2:44 pm
Posted on 5/24/13 at 2:44 pm
My roommate and I(no homo) are building a garden area out back of the house as seen below. We are going to dig out the areas on each side of the AC unit and soil/mulch the area and are wanting to plant some sort of tree or vertical growing bush on each side. We're kinda worried about roots, though, and do not want anything that will grow much more than eight or so feet. You can't tell from the pic, but there are patio roofs above each slab at eight feet. Does anyone have any recommendations or suggestions? TIA.
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Posted on 5/24/13 at 2:47 pm to Sofa King Crimson
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My roommate and I(no homo) are building a garden area out back of the house as seen below.
dude thats the most homo thing i've ever seen.
Posted on 5/24/13 at 2:47 pm to Sofa King Crimson
Hydrangeas are nice, but they die back in the winter.
Posted on 5/24/13 at 2:52 pm to Chad504boy
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dude thats the most homo thing i've ever seen.
I've got nothin' it sounds super gay. it is what it is.
Posted on 5/24/13 at 2:53 pm to Sofa King Crimson
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I've got nothin'
it sounds super gay. it is what it is.
ya'lls garden design looks like a mans arse that ya'll get super horny and want to ram eachother's shovel up in that mud.
Posted on 5/24/13 at 2:59 pm to Sofa King Crimson
Looks like boobs...
Posted on 5/24/13 at 3:02 pm to Sofa King Crimson
Maybe a dwarf crape myrtle or something? You can cut them back every year.
Posted on 5/24/13 at 3:03 pm to Sofa King Crimson
I took the liberty of adding a few more bricks in.
Posted on 5/24/13 at 3:04 pm to wickowick
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Looks like boobs...
frick
Posted on 5/24/13 at 3:05 pm to Broke
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I took the liberty of adding a few more bricks in.
Mound that dirt up with a bunch of white flowers....
Posted on 5/24/13 at 3:15 pm to wickowick
I would plant sweet olives if it were me...they are easy to grow and smell amazing a few months out of the year when they bloom.
Posted on 5/24/13 at 3:29 pm to wickowick
You could do a braided hibiscus
And surround it with dwarf azeleas
But I don't really know what I'm talking about
And surround it with dwarf azeleas
But I don't really know what I'm talking about
Posted on 5/24/13 at 3:29 pm to ChadJones4Heisman
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I would plant sweet olives if it were me
agree
also think Japanese magnolias
lorapedlum (witch hazel)
need to be careful and not let them restrict the airflow to the AC
Posted on 5/24/13 at 3:50 pm to Sofa King Crimson
lattice + ivy on the side closest to the walk, tie it in to the roof.
plant something else in front of the lattice/ivy
plant something else in front of the lattice/ivy
Posted on 5/24/13 at 4:32 pm to Sofa King Crimson
If it was me, I'd plant some climbing butterbeans and some maters.
Posted on 5/24/13 at 4:34 pm to BFIV
Friut trees
Posted on 5/24/13 at 4:52 pm to SportTiger1
quote:A crepe was what came to mind for me too. I would not cut them back though. For one thing, what he's worried about (and should be) is what's below ground.
Maybe a dwarf crape myrtle or something? You can cut them back every year.
I prune mine to be trees. I've found that people who are guilty of this are hard to sway so I'm just going to post it fyi and move on.
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“Crepe Murder” is the name they’ve given to the insane practice of pruning crepe myrtle branches back until you create “fists” (see above).
There is no excuse for this. There’s nothing wrong with pruning crepes — removing side branches or thinning internal branches.
But to “top” them, cutting off the canopy in this way, only weakens the plant to the point where, when summer heat and drought hits, lots of other problems may develop.
Guilty of crepe murder?
To the OP, maybe even a Witch Hazel?? Grows big as you let it and roots won't be a problem. It's a different look fa show.
Posted on 5/24/13 at 5:55 pm to Sofa King Crimson
Osmanthus fragrans or Michelia figo would be my first two options, but I'm a big smell guy. M. figo has the better looking blooms. Both can get larger than 8', but can easily be managed to 8' or less. Next choice would be Hydrangea quercifolia or Rhododendron austrinum. R. austrinum is hard to find in the trade and doesn't go too far north. Both are deciduous.
This post was edited on 5/24/13 at 5:56 pm
Posted on 5/24/13 at 6:15 pm to BottomlandBrew
s olive is a good choice, I like it, one of the plants you can find flowers and fruit on at the same time - a lot depends of if yall are smell, fruit or just something that looks good. me- I'd put two fig trees there. or jujubes. looks good so far- good start.
Posted on 5/24/13 at 6:49 pm to jeffsdad
First off, lose the concrete blocks and get some natural stone like real men. What you have screams the opposite of no homo. Those semi circles are the ghey, make a nice swooping s-curve from drive to patio. It'll be the tits, I swear.
After you've done that, go get some ornamental grasses and plant them between the house and path. Yaku Jima, Variegated Miscanthus, or better yet Hameln Fountain grass. Only choose one, don't mix and match, this ain't maw maw's garden.
Plant 5-7 gallon size grasses at 36" on center and cut it back to about 9" above the dirt early spring of every year.
All this is assuming that spot gets some sun, if it doesn't go get some Gant Ligularia instead and don't cut them back.
Please realize this post is full of sarcasm. Thanks for taking pride in your yard, you're already further along than most folks nowadays.
After you've done that, go get some ornamental grasses and plant them between the house and path. Yaku Jima, Variegated Miscanthus, or better yet Hameln Fountain grass. Only choose one, don't mix and match, this ain't maw maw's garden.
Plant 5-7 gallon size grasses at 36" on center and cut it back to about 9" above the dirt early spring of every year.
All this is assuming that spot gets some sun, if it doesn't go get some Gant Ligularia instead and don't cut them back.
Please realize this post is full of sarcasm. Thanks for taking pride in your yard, you're already further along than most folks nowadays.
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