My small garden
I am happy to participate in this forum, and that you told me to send my garden photos. My garden is very small, but I was able to gather a small collection. Plants are purchased right here in my country (Latvia), and also brought from Estonia, the Czech Republic. Of course, I do not have a very rare plant, but I have some interesting conifers, that are native plants and elsewhere are rare (I think):). One of them is Picea abies Luua P�rl' - Estonian Picea abies WB. She is one of my favorite Picea. Light green color, very dense and compact, new spring buds looks like pearls. This one is about 10-11 years old. Only 75 cm high.
Ireena
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Hi, chohio!
I am just creating the form, but a little. I prefer slow-growing, dwarf conifers. I have some major trees that I leave - big on future. But the plans movement is my second hobby:) I'm creating a form of composition and color changes, locations of plants, but it seems that they like it :)
Our climate is humid and not so hot and I can replace the plants at any time. They even do not notice it. Maybe a little delay in their growth, but that is exactly what I need.Of course, my neighbors also obtained some new plants from me who has no place in my garden:)Ireena
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Ireena, may I for fun guess your plants in photo 2? :)Right!! Almost....:)
Floreant is right, no Gold Dust.from left - Pinus mugo 'Ophir', Picea abies 'Push', Picea omorica 'Karel', Pinus mugo 'Pampino', Pinus mugo 'Varella', Picea abies 'Little Gem', then orange - Thuja occidentalis 'Golden Tuffet'. From right - Larix kaempferi 'Blue Dwarf'. On the backside - Larix kaempferi Kreicy' (not good visible), Thuja plicata 'Wipcord', Pinus strobus 'Pendula', Juniperus communis 'Gold Cone' and 'Stricta', Pinus nigra 'Nana', 'Pyramidalis' and 'Green Rocket'. Pinus strobus 'Macopin'. Dwarf conifers will stay right here, in this bed, but big on future - like Pinus nigra 'Pyramidalis'will be moved to another location - I will formed from them new composition. I like to play with colors and forms - like on canvas. Conifers are so colorfull and different:)
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Hi Ireena,
It is a lovely garden of yours.
Thanks for sharing!There is the rare beautiful Floreant juniper in you garden, that's great. I am looking fro this juniper for my garden.
Do you have the juniper as my attached images? Please name it if available.
Tks & rgds,
Doan
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Hi Vivien, I have two gardens, and this garden is like "kindergarten". I replant a lot of conifers every year to my big garden on rural area. It is about 3 ha large.
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ireena (zone 5-6)Original Author