Monday, October 10, 2011

Old Trinities Are The Best

Don't recreate the wheel.  Choose successful trinities.
Penelope Bianchi sent this pic over the weekend.  She had a question about her vines.
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Epiphany for another Tara Trinity: Vines, Gravel & Boxwood.
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Vines, Gravel, & Boxwood have worked for centuries in the best & most charming gardens.
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Tara Trinities?  Shade perennials: Hosta, Helleborus & Ferns.  Shrubs: Azalea, Camellia, Hydrangea.  & etc.
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I'm sure you see trinities you adore all the time.
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Garden & Be Well,      XO Tara
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Recently received a 1940 cottage project.  Vines, Boxwood & Gravel?  You bet !!!!
 
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6 comments:

  1. Lori BuffOctober 10, 2011 at 9:36 AM

    I was thinking about you this weekend while digging out some foundation plantings. Now the brickwork shows with just a few plants. It feels so clean and fresh. I love it. Good advice.

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  2. UnknownOctober 10, 2011 at 9:50 AM

    Oh, I WANT that house- with or without the gravel!

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  3. Desert DwellerOctober 10, 2011 at 10:12 AM

    Trinities - you know me; I'll probably find some threes, but I'll also seek out some twos, fives, and fours.

    Yes...why reinvent the wheel?

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  4. CindyOctober 10, 2011 at 8:28 PM

    I've seen pictures with Vines climbing against structure built with stones mainly - how about wood siding? Is it safe to have Vines on wood siding? Thanks!

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  5. Tara DillardOctober 11, 2011 at 9:06 AM

    Thanks for the nudge Cindy. No, to vines on your wood. But a solution was posted today!

    Woody shrubs, espaliered.

    XO T

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  6. AnonymousOctober 11, 2011 at 7:59 PM

    Thank you! You can't see it in the picture well; but I have to send you a picture of an azalea that is 60 years old! (It was my darling mother's; and I have pictures of me next to it as a child!!!)

    I'll find a picture!

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