Monday, July 10, 2017

In Lieu of Green Meatballs

Friends in a 30+ year old home, with its original green meatball foundation planting mentioned taking them all out.  Wildly, I mentioned, Perhaps Not.  Especially since there are almost 40 green meatballs.  Plenty of scope for the imagination.
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Have fun with pruning for a couple of years, below.

Het zoetste buitenleven - Groen van bij ons - Bloemen en planten
Pic, above, here.

 strakke voortuin / re-pinned on www.tobydesigns.com
Pic, above, here.
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Oh my the challenge of those straight lines, and foliage from top to ground.  Bravo.
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Have no idea how these evergreens, above, are pruned.  I know I would have to pull several strings as guides, getting perfect perpendiculars and right angles.
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Anyway.  If your foundation plantings have become a morass of cliched green meatballs, perhaps a few perfectly formed green meatloafs?  For a change, and whimsy.
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Garden & Be Well,   XOT
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1 comment:

  1. Penelope BianchiJuly 11, 2017 at 3:06 AM

    Aha! I now feel like a total genius! I have hacked back some bushes that got way too tall and big; and am making round topiaries of them! They are chic! It is fun! (not doing rectangles.....string is against my religion) but I hate ripping plants out. They are looking really good!
    Spread the idea!!!

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