is from here that we begin to notice the evergreen coolers that we have not watched the rest of the year because that's how During the summer, there are so many flowers and plants much more beautiful. Strictly speaking, the sun, one wonders why they chose variegated foliage, as if these charcoals and Holly seem dull and boring. We do appreciate them more, we asked why they were planted. My ex
Jean-Luc told me that all gardeners know that these leaves light up the garden. I had my silly prejudices and I decided that the coolers had a side that annoyed me in the precast yard. I was so fed up that I would broaden Eleagnus this nervousness at all evergreen coolers. I understood from the following year that I was wrong. It was Jean-Luc
me that imposed most of the coolers persistent in my garden and I see each year how it was right to force my hand. I have a piece of holly hedge coolers in which there are one or two feet version hemmed and prickly leaves, something amazing that requires that we approach these sheets to see all different, with dozens of variations on the same footing. I have charcoal coolers are the only shrubs that grow well at the base of a large hedge charming terraced, with roots that suck all the water in summer. I have a miniature charcoal that are sold next to nothing in the catalogs as Briant and we do not see any of the rest of the year and become a focal point in winter. And of course maple " Flamingo" that Jean-Luc gave me which is basically a mini-meadow in what remains of the little grove surrounding the house before work, 9 years ago. Each year, some white butterflies (primarily cabbage butterfly) hiding all summer on its leaves, in full camouflage. As soon as we approached the tree, 10 butterflies begin to fly. These coolers
boxwood, pittosporum these, these evergreen ferns, Heuchera these, Euphorbia these are also plants which are made to shine at night. There are more and more gardeners who arrange their spaces to be beautiful at night when returning work. They can now enjoy the garden or terrace, some flowers bloom at night, with special scents that attract insects at night, or large petals of flowers that catch the slightest glimmer night. When the moon is important, and for me it is never as strong as in winter when the air is cold, then these variegated evergreen plants are especially important. Same for the topiary, it is in winter that their graphics spring. An article
the Wall Street Journal about this new trend in gardening: choosing the leaves, flowers or herbs that are beautiful by day, of course, but who are also at night. There on a book that, "The Evening Garden: Flowers and Fragrance from Dusk Till Dawn". One of the main revenue is to choose flowers white (clear) that will be visible at night even without light, while dark flowers will not do. It is not about planting a garden all white, that's already done and it's pretty good but the idea here is rather to place these plants in strategic locations such as near the front door the house at the entrance of the garden, next to the car at the bottom of a driveway at side of site breaks jaws, in short all the corners that serve as reference should imagine themselves in the dark on arriving home. Or strolling in the garden at night without a lamp. This helps assess where we are by far, be careful where you walk (like a label) and then simply draw the eye to make you want to approach. A big hydrangea Annabelle , I assure you, it shows the night by far.
In winter, when it's cold, these leaves are what is most beautiful in the garden, with bark and grass. Another article that taught me many things I tried to, at random, for two years. The main news The Garden ( September 2010) reminds us that the last two winters were so harsh that the English evaluate everything that has blown in parks and gardens. Now, I do not renew more plants that have not withstood two winters. When I saw the lavender and rosemary to freeze, and a reduced pittosporum Cape Ferret ... 1995, I told myself there was nothing to do because these winters show the boundaries of Mediterranean plants that have put too often in the gardens today. The agapanthus are dying, some creeping thyme, strictly speaking it is useless to protect them from frost when the soil is constantly at -10 degrees for more than 15 days. Although, 1 kilometer from my house, agaves my friend Ray have roasted, but are sharply divided from the base, even without protection.
We are too tempted by plants that are not corner at all and inevitably, a harsh winter arrives one day and burn a subject that has grown up, we love, to which was attached. There are people that muffle their plants, I have no problem with that, but I prefer to have plants that survive the cold. Some like it is known, Apple need this cold as some roses. I think a garden should be made because it is a tough way to test its strength (a word, as "hardy" in English, which has lots of different meanings). I always imagine myself with one leg (or two) broken: what would happen in the garden? The plants would they be able to live without care?
What I try to do at home, especially since I had this little heart problem 2 years ago, is leaving the garden for a year or two to see what survives and who enjoys the same neglect. There are plants that do not feel like they are Inconvenient as miscanthus and among them I select those most resistant to everything, like drought. I water much less that there are 6 or 7 years, first because my garden was installed, but mostly because I have completely discarded the idea of water every evening in summer. I choose only plants that respond to the idea of "xeriscaping," another way to do this garden to restrict water use. I found this new term not yet in a paper the Wall Street Journal (yet). So ended the dream to have a grove gunneras as I had seen in Lalanne 30 years ago. Even my royal ferns, I'll break ground and put them in pots so they have their own water. Hydrangeas? There is a place to put my home. Even paniculata, should be monitored so it's dry here. The article says that some municipalities WST encourage people to become " xeric s (from the Latin word that says dry) and give money to gardeners who replace their lawns. In Austin, Texas, the city gives 20 to $ 30 per 100 square meters converted. The city of Peoria, Arizona launched a program in 2009, offering up to $ 715 to get rid of lawn to put more plants adapted to drought or even grass varieties that are more resistant to heat
United States, the People are so obsessed with their lawns that engulfed thousands of dollars in the budget of a home, just for the water and the products they bring to it is very green. According to a perspective published in Kevin McCoud The Garden, the English dump 7,300 tons of pesticides, fungicides and herbicides in gardens. 45% of English who have a piece of land use products for their lawns. I recently read how the Americans and the British spend on their lawns and I do not find that article, it annoys me, there are plenty of magazines on the floor in my room - it must be under my nose. In short, I do not know how the French spend either, I let my lawn grilling. I never never never water my lawn. At least I mow and I'm happy. But the urban conformism that everyone copies the neighbor's lawn is the ultimate sign of social success. Let's be green, well shaved, enriched, scarified, weeded, re-sow the damaged areas, tasks awful and totally boring to do in a garden.
So, Americans are turning their lawns into vegetable garden or open space with shrubs and perennials, plants that enrich the flora and fauna, but it is a very small minority because the neighbors are angry! The article tells WST they protested because this task is in the uniformity of their social neighborhood (they should talk about this in Desperate Housewives , it would be funny) and there are many municipalities that outright prohibit their residents to design gardens that give the impression of being abandoned. They are not, of course, they are just thick and free, with plants that shelter each other and therefore more resistant to sun, wind and drought.
So for me, the three principles of gardening are: drought resistance, beauty and especially at night in winter. What interests me most is when I imagine myself in my garden. Not in summer but in winter in the cold overnight quietness of moonlight, with a cap and a fleece blanket and go, like a cigarette, just one. Even without frost, no snow, as it is, the garden must be beautiful for the most saddest months of winter. After all, it's easy to have a nice garden in spring and summer, even fall. But in winter? For me it's the most important season. For example, I'm crazy in love with a nemanthèles lessoniana , they were great for two years, I was about to put it anywhere because in addition to sow a lot of these things, and two harsh winters have passed through there. Virtually all are dead, normal, they come from New Zealand I think. Since then, I dare to plant. It's like a kind of passion cut in full flight. Bong. Ground. We must be faithful to his principles.
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