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Tag Archives: shade
The juglone challenge
Sometimes, a project takes on an element of gambling. Recently, a couple asked me to help them spruce up their parking strip. It had nice, generous dimensions (12′ x 50′), but also came with a large Black Walnut tree. Being that they … Continue reading
Posted in Projects
Tagged allelopathy, Drake's, Ferns, grasses, hell strip, juglone, juglone tolerant plants, parking strip, shade, sun, Walnut tree
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Wednesday Vignette – the magic of shade
We had a little heat-spike here yesterday, and temperatures shot up into the mid-80’s. Today, they went back dow to around 57. I’m much happier in cooler weather, but as it happened, was scheduled to do a garden consultation at a … Continue reading
Posted in Wednesday Vignette
Tagged birches, garden consultation, landscape design, shade, shade plants, SW Waterfront, urban forest
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Love those trees!
Originally posted on The Creative Flux:
November 2, 2010 As most people hopefully know – other than the obvious need to curb our own greed and short term gains-philosophy, the plant world is our greatest ally in combating our rapidly…
Posted in Trees
Tagged climate change, curb appeal, energy costs, environment, green spaces, health benefits, real estate values, shade, trees
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