conifer fashion sense
Picea seems to have the best fashion sense when it comes to skirts. Here’s P. ‘Bush’s Lace’. I really like how I’ve artistically adorned it with greenery. ;)
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Comments (23)I’ve just had a think about this. Bearing in mind, a standard UK king size mattress is 150x200... or really by converting exactly 5 feet into metric, it's 152.4, a standard King Size mattress would be 7.5 cm smaller than the frame, which means by placing it central to the slatted base, I would have +/- 3.5 cm gap at each side. Also, a mattress is never a square block, it has got its roundness, so allegedly, when considering you also place a mattress protector and the base sheet, the gap is most likely reduced further. So if I were to buy a ‘standard’ King Size mattress, I could use it – given the weight of the mattresses, I don’t think it is going to move around. A 5' mattress would allow me to tuck the duvet at foot-end as well as at the sides, or I could show off the frame. And of course, I’d find it easier to change the bed linen. Alternatively, the duvet normally overhangs at the sides of the bed, so the gap would be hidden from sight anyway. Technically, I can’t see anything stopping me from doing it. Also, due to the design of the bed, the mattress would be is partly inset into the frame, so the gap would only be seen (in terms of the slatted base), if looking at the bed from above, which I’d never do. Is this 'logical' thinking, or might I have missed something ?...See MoreWould love your ideas to tame our wilderness...
Comments (9)Hello howden9. That is quite a garden. I can answer a couple of your points straight off but you really need a visit (or better pictures and a ground plan) to get fuller ideas. The shaded area at the back is ideal for a composting area and the shed really does not need the sunshine. I'm assuming most light comes from the left side of your pictures, i.e. the south side. But as the cedar and poplars cast shadow across the whole width, if I understand you correctly, you could put either in any part of that area. As it is larger than needed for both, perhaps you might like to consider what else you would like to do, or have, in that area before deciding finally. Next, you need a skip. The conifers in the arch will not grow back well once trimmed into a nice shape. You may as well get rid now instead of waiting for them to prove just how ugly they can be. A rockery is not "low maintenance", a commonly held but sadly delusional belief. So they do tend to get neglected and very soon deteriorate into uncared for disrepair and eyesore. Another reason for a skip unless you can recycle all that stone. Possibly a wall or two? A raised bed or two? A pond or water feature? Stone features are beautiful. If you are anywhere within reach of North Wales, talk to Houzzer Pro Jez Young, the best stone feature builder I have ever come across. Or if you happen to be in or around West Yorkshire we would love to hear from you. If you can get it flat enough and without it being slippery, stone could even make a good patio style seating area for your "place in the sun". Your lengthiest period of sunshine, if I have grasped the garden orientation correctly, is within the right of the photos. Your seating area should go somewhere between where you stood to take the pix and to the right of where the conifer archway is now. Nearer to where you took them may help avoid the summer evening shadow from the cedar. Fruit trees are low maintenance so it is probably worth geting the health of those trees checked if you and/or your family like fruit. So don't decide anything for that space before deciding whether or not they are worth keeping. That should get you started in line with the information you have given. Are you looking to do it (or get it done) all at once or taking it a step at a time? Please keep us posted....See MoreI have an old fashioned dado rail in hall and up stairway how do I mak
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Garen Rees
5 years agoMy skirt was adorned with dandelion and oxalis. I finally just got around to mulching under it.
stuartlawrence (7b L.I. NY)
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoI love the variety Engelmannii 'Bush's lace'. I originally mulched my Bush's Lace but I was afraid that it would turn the lower new growth brown so I removed it. Now I just remove the weeds by hand.
maackia thanked stuartlawrence (7b L.I. NY)maackia
5 years agoNice to see there are others who have a few weeds growing in the garden.
This is P. omorika ‘Gotelli Weeping’, but it could be something else. No matter, it wears it well.
- maackia thanked sam_md
Ontario_Canada5a_USDA4b
5 years agostuartlawrence (7b L.I. NY)
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoOntario_Canada5a_USDA4b
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoGaren Rees
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoMaackia - I'm diggin your omorika. I wish mine were that size.
Sam - That 'Falling Waters' is awesome. I keep forgetting that I need one of these.
Coniferbros - That puddle of a Picea gluaca 'Pendula' is too cool. You would never expect that to be what it is. Will be interesting to see if retains that crazy flat ground cover form.
Stuart and Ontario - That's an interesting subject, wether mulching effects skirts. I have some skirts that I've had mulch under that have no problem with it at all but I've also experienced the opposite. I mainly noticed that my newly planted trees or transplanted trees with skirts usually get some browning. Probably due to transplant shock, stressed tree on hot reflective mulch. I think that having mulch under them in the long run is okay but I'm also interested in what others have experienced. I've seen many trees with skirts that are mulched under. Not having mulch can cause mud to splatter and coat needles when it rains that may cause needle loss as well. Curious.
maackia
5 years agoUser
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoHow about a juniper on a standard on a mound? :) The deer got this standard good a few years ago (>60%) but it is going strong. Bonus volunteer peonies this year as well in front left of juniper. I threw the cottonwood stump in a low wet area and its growing like crazy now as this area fills up after heavy rains(all trees on large mounds). Pic from 5/29.
FrozeBudd_z3/4
5 years agoUser
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoThanks! Its nothing fancy, just Juniperis procumbens ‘nana’ on standard. Here is another angle showing how I had to redirect its branches with a stake when I discovered volunteer peonies coming up under it. This is my mini “on standards” garden (dwarf globe spruce, blue star juniper, and the juniperis procumbens nana). The “on standards” garden also has a papoose spruce and arborvitae forever goldy which are not on standard. Not sure if Im gonna move or heavily prune the forever goldy.
liono9_zone6b
5 years agoconiferbros
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whaas_5a
5 years agoOnly real men show off their skirts!
Sorry just have older pics...
Pendula Bruns
The Blues
Gold Drift
P. glauca Pendula
maackia
5 years agowhaas_5a
5 years agosam_md
5 years agoEarlier on this thread there was a question about conifers on stone. Here juniper grows over stone, perfectly happy, no issues.
maackia
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Sara Malone Zone 9b
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Garen Rees