Planting
Planting should possess scale, volume, interest, texture, colour, movement, and seasonality. Some plantings may add depth or rhythm depending on their situation. Harmony or contrast of colour or form, elegant proportion or drama and surprise.The palette open to the designer is large.
The choice of plants that can be used is immense. The growth rate, habit and flowering season of each one is affected by many interacting factors including: soil type, fertility and pH, aspect, temperature, sunshine, site location and seasonality, competition, susceptibility to pests and diseases, as well as pruning, support, and other human interventions.
The choice of plants and combination for a given situation, is therefore not simple. To know how a plant will grow in a particular garden requires years of experience and observation, good local knowledge, and inquiry into the specific site conditions. Add the inevitable element of chance and it becomes clear that plantsmen are by necessity perpetual students; Forever revising and adapting their schemes and looking out for new plants and combinations.
I offer planting plans, specific advice on individual plants and site suitability, and consultation for planting on problem sites. For advice please contact me here.
The choice of plants that can be used is immense. The growth rate, habit and flowering season of each one is affected by many interacting factors including: soil type, fertility and pH, aspect, temperature, sunshine, site location and seasonality, competition, susceptibility to pests and diseases, as well as pruning, support, and other human interventions.
The choice of plants and combination for a given situation, is therefore not simple. To know how a plant will grow in a particular garden requires years of experience and observation, good local knowledge, and inquiry into the specific site conditions. Add the inevitable element of chance and it becomes clear that plantsmen are by necessity perpetual students; Forever revising and adapting their schemes and looking out for new plants and combinations.
I offer planting plans, specific advice on individual plants and site suitability, and consultation for planting on problem sites. For advice please contact me here.
