Scott - How's your new fence progressing?

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MrNorth · Cool Member Joined: 08 May 2005 Posts: 76

Yeah I would also be very interested in a progress report Smile

Since Im also thinking about making a fence of some kind.

Yeah that scene is really nice!! I wish it could be much easier to find good stepping stones like that. I wanted to add some that is leading to my now isolated "pond island" in the middle of the lawn, to give it a connection to the rest of the garden...

/Henrik

webmaster · Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 3:32 pm Post subject:

I think Scott is out of town at the moment, so it may be a day or two before he can respond.
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Grey · Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 5:07 pm Post subject:

WOW. I wish my yard looked like that!

It will someday... but still...

I want a progress report too when he gets back in town. Smile

MrNorth · Cool Member Joined: 08 May 2005 Posts: 76

Oh its quite all right... its still just mid april... for me the real fun gardening start in mid may Smile

Right now Im only thinking about design and design.. and reading all the books I have about japanese gardening... still too cold and boring outdoors to do something fun Smile

Oh a qyestion, what do you know about the plant Cornus cousa satomi?

In my local nursery they have this speciment. I think the flowers look nice and are not that dominating... has anyone heard about it? I was thinking of having it close to the wood deck.

/henrik -

The Helpful Gardener · Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:01 pm Post subject:

Sorry for the long absence; spring is very trying this year...

No fence yet, sorry to say. I am still negotiating with the SO and finances are tight. My boonsai experience has taught me to look a long time before deciding on action (or that is what I tell myself to keep procrastinating...) Rolling Eyes

Cornus kousa 'Satomi' is a great plant Henrik; clear pink flower unlike most pink dogwoods. Problem free and hardy and despite prolific fruiting (edible at that) non-invasive. Really good choice!

HG

MrNorth · Cool Member Joined: 08 May 2005 Posts: 76

Hi!

Long time no see! Im wondering if the helpful gardener has come around to build a fence? I remember that lovely scene under your big maple with a lantern and tsukubai... eager to see more eye candy like that Smile

/Henrik

Herb3 · Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 11:58 pm Post subject: Any new fence news?

Scott - We're still wondering how your new fence & plants layout are doing. It looked very promising indeed. Any pictures yet?

This reminds me that it must be at least 3 years since you recommended that I plant an Enkianthus. I did. It's it now growing on the north side of our little garden shed & the open shade seems to suit it. And for Autumn colour, is it ever spectacular. This was ours in October -

http://www.pbase.com/mtu_fulani/image/104957738

Sage Hermit · Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 9:49 pm Post subject:

Subarashiiiiiii!!!!!
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Herb3 · Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:12 pm Post subject: Enkianthus

Sage Hermit - Thanks! The picture was taken in late 2008. This year the colour's much less showy. I suspect that's because I dug it up this summer and put in in a big pot. Maybe in late 2010 it'll be better.....

Sage Hermit · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 7:03 am Post subject: .__.

Herb2 is better name Razz

You guys have nice Japanese gardens by now a?

Wow
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Herb3 · Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:55 pm Post subject:

Sage Hermit - It was the complexities of computers and lost passwords caused me to evolve into the present Herb 3. Maybe there's some way to go back to plain "Herb".....

So far as our garden goes, the picture that you posted was taken several several years ago. Since then, the Boulevard Cypress grew too big & got out of hand so it's been moved elsewhere and then the unusually savage winter of 2007/8 killed several of the lower-growing shrubs and severely damaged some others.

Consequently, there's been some re-arranging and some hardier shrubs have been added including some dwarf conifers, a Japanese holly and a pink Potentilla.. I'm hoping they'll be an improvement but it's a bit early to tell. I'm looking forward to seeing how they look next year.

Sage Hermit · Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 1:42 am Post subject:

Nice. What background studying did you do in Japanese gardening? it looks really well done. your garden photos. I lov the huming bird nest photos a lot.
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Herb3 · Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 3:42 am Post subject:

S.H. -

I first got interested in Japanese style gardening after visiting the Nitobe Memorial garden in Vancouver, B.C. That's the one I always go back to to remind myself what a really authentic, big, Japanese garden looks like. I like it better than any other that I've seen. The famous Japanese garden in Portland is well worth spending time in too. Seeing lots of good pictures helps I think, whether on the Internet or in books.

But at the same time I think that it would be easier to design a Japanese garden for an average western back yard if there were more books & Internet sites devoted to domestic sized gardens. Sadly, there seem to be very few. That's why this Japanese Garden Forum that Scott includes in The Helpful Gardener site is so useful.

There's a magazine devoted largely to making Japanese Gardens in smaller spaces that I like as well - it used to be called the Journal of Japanese Gardening (recently changed its name to Sukiya Living) - that comes out 6 times a year.